Dwarf Rosella Purple
Open-pollinated tomato
- Breeding
- Open-pollinated
- Growth habit
- Dwarf
- Days to maturity
- 70-80 days 2 sources, none independent · basis unstated
- Fruit
- pink, beefsteak
- Weight
- -
- Bred by
- -
Grey captions say what stands behind that particular figure. Breeding, growth habit and fruit characters carry no caption because they rest on the record's sources as a whole rather than citing their own; closing that gap is ordinary outstanding work, not a finished job.
Origin & history
One of the first Dwarf Tomato Project releases and still among its most grown, producing dusky-pink beefsteaks with genuine heirloom flavor on a plant under four feet.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 70-80 days | Consensus range across the cited commercial catalogs; no independent source documents it yet. |
Against the rest of the tomato database
Where this variety sits among every tomato we hold a comparable figure for. Position is not merit: earlier is not better than later, and hotter is not better than milder. Only cultivar-level figures are compared, never trial results, and maturity is only ranked against figures counted the same way.
earlier than 60% of the 258 tomatoes we hold a figure for. None of these figures state whether they are counted from sowing or from transplant, so they are ranked against each other on the assumption that suppliers use one convention, which is not something any of them says.
Production systems
Described as suited to
A claim about the seed, from the sources this record cites. A system not listed here has not been ruled out; no source addressed it.
Grown in trials under
Not recorded in any trial we hold.
Traits
Disease resistance
No documented disease resistance, typical of heirlooms and older open-pollinated varieties. See tomato diseases for the cultural playbook that fills the gap.
Related varieties
- heirloom
Anna Russian
70-80 days · Indeterminate
- heirloom
Dwarf Champion
70-80 days · Dwarf
- heirloom
German Johnson
76-80 days · Indeterminate
- heirloom
Pruden's Purple
72-80 days · Indeterminate
- heirloom
Aunt Ginny's Purple
78-85 days · Indeterminate
- heirloom
Black Krim
75-80 days · Indeterminate
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Sources & References
Evidence: 2 sources, 1 community collection and 1 seed catalog. No independent reference documents this yet.
- The Dwarf Tomato Project · Dwarf Tomato Project (Craig LeHoullier, Patrina Nuske Small, and volunteer breeders) (2005), Community Collection
- Victory Seeds variety histories · Victory Seed Company, Seed Catalog