Rose should be a large, pink tomato on a regular leaf vine available in its correct form from Johnny's Selected Seeds and orginating with the Amish from whom Dr. Grace Kaiser, New Holland, PA, got it (from her patient Hannah Lapp) about 1960.

There is a potato leaf Rose circulating which I believe came from (or at least I got it from) Bakers Creek and the source seems to have been seed taken from a tomato bought in a farmers market in either northeastern Ohio or northwestern Pennsylvania. This particular tomato supposedly has been discontinued for sale as of late 2007 or early 2008.

Red Rose is a stabilized cross of Brandywine x Rutgers and is red, and I believe grows on a regular leaf vine. The seed is available from Tomato Growers Supply last time I looked. It's about an 8-oz. fruit. But then there's another Red Rose circulating out of SSE Yearbook that's 2 - 4 ounces in size and I don't think it's related to the Brandywine x Rutgers parentage.

I'm pretty confident in the source, so I will asume its of the Amish orgin. I dont think I'm going to grow it anyways.

Damon

I`ve grown Rose (amish) the past 3 yrs. 10 to 16 oz. very productive-healthy 6-7ft, vine-long season-outstanding taste.top 5 in my garden of 30 varieties.