I looked back into my log records and found that trialed the "Rose" variety in 2001,; I was growing for restaurants at the time. My records indicate I got the seed in a trade from SE PA (indeed, that is Amish country). Some of my end of year ratings were as follows: Folliage desease tolerance/resistance 2.3 on a scale topped at 3.0. (Rutgers rated a 2.0) Size typically 3.5 to 4.5 OD X 2.0 to 2.5 deep. Yield 70% to sales, 20% to sauce or juice. Comments--Shows promise, very good tasting attractive fruits. So, I saved seed and then somehow forgot all about the variety. We were involved at the time in negotiations to sell our orchard and home to a developer, and 2001 was not one of my better managed years! Seeds now out of inventory and on deck for a 2010 growout!

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.

It's probably the rootstock. I would mark those canes and see if they bloom again this summer, if not it's almost positively the rootstock. Dr. Huey is a once bloomer that only blooms on old wood. If it reblooms you know it's not Dr Huey rootstock. If it's rootstock most likely the grafted rose will die out and Huey will take over. Someone more knowledgable will have to advise if there is any chance of saving the grafted plant by cutting those newer canes off all the way down below the ground - my only experiences with Dr Huey were cases where the grafted plant had completely died off during bad winters and I ended up removing the entire plant.

Vap, first a caveat: roses do not do well in this garden. With that in mind, all the HTs died except Fragrant Cloud, Gruss an Teplitz and Steven's Big Purple. Oh, and I have a grafted Don Juan that lives but does not bloom - probably too shady. Surviving Reds: Rhode Island Red (Field's of the Woods) Florentina Munstead Wood Indigo Tess of the d'Urbervilles - like her Falstaff no flowers, hangs on, probably too shady Don Juan (grafted) Nur Mahal survived Winter in the garage, a rarity here Fragrant Cloud Gruss an Teplitz Steven's Big Purple Dead Reds that lasted some: Souv. de Claudius Denoyel cl. - a few years - it appealed Royal William Francis Debreuil Don Juan - own root Dead Reds: Red Intuition Chrysler Imperial Dame de Coeur - early demise but alluring, "suave" is the word that comes to mind (although applicable to a woman?) Cath