Rosalita

NarnianGarden · April 28, 2015

Does anyone have experience with Rosalita? (pink, grape)
It was praised so highly by someone who grows it every year and I have seeds, but haven't found a slot for it yet. Perhaps next year...
(So instead I went and ordered some other varieties...how logical of me. somehow a pink grape cherry didn't appeal to me at all, when all I could think of was golden and yellow!)

Very little information on it available, Tania's doesn't say much. It's supposed to be OP. If anyone knows some history or background, it would be interesting to know more.

loeb · April 28, 2015

It was ok and quite productive, planted in clay soil in zone 6.

RobinB · April 28, 2015

I have started seeds for it... kind of late but replacing a variety that didn't germinate. It's new to me. I'll be watching this thread.

AKmark · April 28, 2015

I liked it

RobinB · April 28, 2015

How tall does the plant get? Monster-sized 10'+ or...? I need to know where to put it! I've got a space in a sturdy 6' tall cage or up against an 8' wire mesh, or inside a regular grocery store round cage (probably not this.)

NarnianGarden · April 29, 2015

Thanks all for comments..! RobinB, let us know how the taste was .. I am planning on sowing it next year (might make 2016 a theme year for pink tomatoes... with a couple of token blacks and greens of course), but if the taste is just 'OK' I might use the space for something else.

Iva · April 29, 2015

I grew it last year and it was among the rare tomato varieties that produced ANYTHING at all due to an early outbreak of Late Blight we had.
It produced great on a smallish plant (not a monster, a regular tomato plant) and tasted mighty fine!
Here's a pic too:

NarnianGarden · April 29, 2015

Beautiful! A smallish one sounds like a good one to try... oh I might throw a seed into an empty pot and see what will be..!

shelleybean · April 29, 2015

I grew it several years ago. I got the seed from Mariseeds the first year she offered it. It was a huge plant and produced a lot. I thought the fruit was a little bit hard and it didn't have as much flavor as others I've grown, but it was very pretty and looked nice served with yellow cherries.

charley · April 29, 2015

just ok

April 28, 2015	#1
NarnianGarden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Finland, EU Posts: 2,550	Rosalita Does anyone have experience with Rosalita? (pink, grape) It was praised so highly by someone who grows it every year and I have seeds, but haven't found a slot for it yet. Perhaps next year... (So instead I went and ordered some other varieties...how logical of me. somehow a pink grape cherry didn't appeal to me at all, when all I could think of was golden and yellow!) Very little information on it available, Tania's doesn't say much. It's supposed to be OP. If anyone knows some history or background, it would be interesting to know more.

April 29, 2015	#9
shelleybean Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 2,648	I grew it several years ago. I got the seed from Mariseeds the first year she offered it. It was a huge plant and produced a lot. I thought the fruit was a little bit hard and it didn't have as much flavor as others I've grown, but it was very pretty and looked nice served with yellow cherries. __________________ Michele

April 29, 2015	#10
charley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: copperas cove TEXAS Posts: 637	just ok __________________ Great minds discuss ideas;average minds discuss events;small minds discuss people

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April 28, 2015	#2
loeb Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Poland Posts: 251	It was ok and quite productive, planted in clay soil in zone 6.

April 28, 2015	#3
RobinB Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Near Reno, NV Posts: 1,621	I have started seeds for it... kind of late but replacing a variety that didn't germinate. It's new to me. I'll be watching this thread.

April 28, 2015	#4
AKmark Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Wasilla Alaska Posts: 2,010	I liked it

April 29, 2015	#7
Iva Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Slovenia, EU Posts: 249	I grew it last year and it was among the rare tomato varieties that produced ANYTHING at all due to an early outbreak of Late Blight we had. It produced great on a smallish plant (not a monster, a regular tomato plant) and tasted mighty fine! Here's a pic too: