This season I received an absolutely amazing variety of seeds from the truly wonderful Trudi of Wintersown. I'm excited to see everything growing! My plants are just under 2 ft right now, and many are making adorable baby tomatoes.

One of my selections was an heirloom called Rose de l'Omio. Try as I might, I just can't seem to find much information about this variety. It was the first to sprout, and my plants of RDL'O are extremely vigorous and healthy. (Well, everything's healthy at this point; we'll see how I do in another 45 days!)

I'm hoping that someone more knowledgable than I might be able to chime in with some information about this variety. Its story is unknown to me, but I'm also interested in knowing such mundane things as DTM and your overall tasting and growing impressions, if you have tasted or grown it.

I'm intrigued because of its beautiful name, because it has been so vigorous, and because I adore rose tomatoes. It's a winner so far, although of course I have yet to eat one ;)

With Regard,
Elisabeth in Pittsburgh, PA

I checked Tania's page for it, nothing, I checked Ventmarin inFrance, I checked my latest SSE YEarbook, and nothing.

There is a thread at another message site where someone wasgrowing it in 2008 and said it had wispy leaves so was possibly a heart, but that was not confirmed.

From the Google search I found origins for it said to be from France, Spain, and Mexico. Sigh.

Any variety with a de, usually is from either France or Spain, sometimes Italy, so do have a look at those links.

Hope that helps,

Carolyn

I will post an update once it has fruited. Thank you, Carolyn, for your input. I thought maybe something was amiss with the name, so I tried "Rose de l'Omo" but didn't think to try "Rosa". I don't even know where Omio is, but I have a little piece of it growing in my backyard!

Elisabeth