It is possible of course but there is no way to know for sure. It doesn't seem to have the intense ruffling usually seen in the small green fruit and the color appears a bit too intense for Rose but that may just be the photo.

Add to that over that many years of saved seed it has very likely been cross-pollinated at least once. Plus there are at least 15-20 other "Rose ______" or "______ Rose" named varieties and who knows how many beefsteak-type pink varieties that it could be. Is the plant regular leaf or potato leaf, determinate or indeterminate? That could perhaps narrow it down somewhat.

But it is a beautiful tomato. Enjoy it.:)

Dave

Hey rhoder... congrats! A rose by any other name...

I just picked my first ripe Rose this morning also...

After the discussion about the Rose variety, I learned that there are a number of different tomatoes with 'Rose' in the name. I got these seeds from Johnny's; they list the name as simply 'Rose'. I found that other companies have the same variety listed as 'Amish Rose'.

There are other popular varieties like... 'Red Rose'. Anyway... after 5 years of growing it, it's obvious you have a good one!

rgreen48, yes it is confusing. Fortunately, the nurseries around here never have any of the rose varieties. One of the other community gardeners found one last year at RiteAid or some other place like that, and didn't like it although it might have been mismarked. Mine has a potato leaf and hers had the regular leaf. My offer still stands, if you want to try this one let me know and I will send you some of my saved seeds. Be interesting to see how it grows in a different climate. Your rose looks awesome....

Thanks Dave. I like this tomato. It always grows well no matter what I do. This year I don't have a lot of water to give but it still produces big juicy tomatoes. Potato leaf and indeterminate. I think I'll save seeds from this one. I've been told by my seed saving friends that the first largest ripe tomato is the one to save from.

Well the 'official' Rose is regular leaf and so is Rose d'Eauze and Rose De Berne, Rose de Lucerne, etc. Lots of pink potato leaf varieties including Brandywine but I can't find a pink, potato leaf with 'rose' in it's name in either of the 2 databases I searched. Doesn't mean there isn't one of course, just not listed. Call it Rose PL. :)

Dave

The color is a little enhanced in my pic. This morning was a little foggy so I tweaked the color a bit. The tomato color is more like a watery red rather then pink.

I want to add a pic of another I harvested. Excuse the ancient postal scale, but 1 3/4 lbs!!!! This has got to be the biggest tomato I have ever grown.

In a drought no less!! Very nice.

Rose - 1 lb. 5 oz.

Rose 15 oz.

Rose tomatoes