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No. 091 · open-pollinated

Rosella Crimson

Rosella Crimson is a dwarf open-pollinated dwarf tomato with crimson pink, oblate fruit. It ripens in about 70 days.

Typedwarf tomato
Habitdwarf
Days to maturity70
Fruit size4 to 12 oz
Colorcrimson pink, oblate
Difficultyeasy

Flavor

Described as well balanced and sweet, a flavorful dwarf that crops heavily. This is the recurring catalog and grower description, not a measured claim.

Origin

A dwarf selected from the Sleepy family by the Dwarf Tomato Project, a cross of Budai Torpe and Stump of the World, introduced in 2014 under the Open Source Seed Initiative.

What it does well

  • Compact dwarf plant good for containers
  • Full-sized 4 to 12 oz fruit on a short plant
  • Prolific and well-flavored

Where it frustrates

  • Lower total yield than a full-sized indeterminate
  • Dwarf plants still benefit from a stake when heavy with fruit

Like Rosella Crimson, but...

Sold out, or after a change? The closest alternatives, and how they differ.

Rosella Purplebut crimson pink rather than dusky purpleTasmanian Chocolatebut a pink crimson dwarf rather than a brown one

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