{"id":6771,"date":"2026-10-30T18:11:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T18:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=6771"},"modified":"2026-10-30T18:11:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T18:11:13","slug":"maglia-rosa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/maglia-rosa\/","title":{"rendered":"Maglia Rosa Tomato Review & Photos (Fred Hempel Striped Cherry)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\ud83c\udf45 Quick take:<\/strong> Maglia Rosa<\/strong> is a celebrated semi-determinate<\/strong> artisan cherry tomato bred by Fred Hempel<\/strong> of Artisan Seeds in California. Plants form tidy, well-behaved bushes ranging from 2 to 4 ft (0.6 to 1.2 m)<\/strong> that require minimal to no suckering. It yields prolific trusses of elongated, pink-and-yellow marbled “bullets” weighing up to 0.9 oz (25 g)<\/strong>. Renowned for its candy-sweet, complex fruity flavor, the fruit improves significantly when allowed to cure on the counter for a few days after picking, and half-ripe fruit can keep in cool storage through the holidays. Full summary \u2193<\/a><\/div>\n

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Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zones 2-5 Experience)<\/h2>\n

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A heavy-yielding variety loaded with gorgeous fruit. One of its standout qualities is its astonishing fruity flavor. Much like a fine wine, it improves with age. The seed breeder recommends giving picked fruit a couple of days on the counter to “cure” so the flavors fully develop. Beautiful, delicate pastel striping.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The two most delicious varieties I have ever eaten are Blush and Maglia Rosa. Pure candy. And they complement each other perfectly in growth habit and fruit shape. Planting them as a side-by-side pair is stunning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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I fell in love with these little gems!<\/p>\n

They were the very first to ripen among my taller varieties, with Blush following right behind on their heels. What a wonderful duo!<\/p>\n

Hunting down these seeds was definitely worth the effort. Huge props to Tomatanya \ud83d\ude18\ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n

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Tatyana Kemerovo (Tatyana) \u2b50 Pro Grower (2,694 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n
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Grew one plant inside my polycarbonate greenhouse on the north wall. LOVED it \ud83d\udc4d<\/p>\n

Sweet, delicious, very productive. Was the very earliest to ripen, yet kept bearing right until frost, a real marathon performer \ud83d\ude04<\/p>\n

Trained it to two stems initially, then just let it branch out on its own, but it never got unruly. Pruned suckers lightly here and there. Its height was ideal for the side wall of an arched greenhouse, right around 4 ft (1.2 m). You could easily run it on the sunnier side too since it has dense, protective leaf cover.<\/p>\n

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A wonderful variety that came with top recommendations from @LanaD.<\/p>\n

Ran two plants. Outdoors in the open dirt, with zero suckering, it stayed compact at roughly 2 ft (60 cm). In the greenhouse, it stretched noticeably taller, slightly over 3.3 ft (1 m). Left it unpruned in there too, and the yield was huge!<\/p>\n

Fruit are sweet, pink-striped elongated bullets weighing up to 0.9 oz (25 g).<\/p>\n

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Oh, wow! I don’t have this one in my collection yet…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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This variety is pure fire! You simply cannot walk past the plant without stopping to stare, total eye-catcher. Sweet, intensely fruity little tomatoes. Highly recommended!<\/p>\n

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Maglia Rosa: early ripening and super sweet!<\/p>\n

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Natalya79 (Natalya) \u2b50 Pro Grower (2,805 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n
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Completely agree with the folks, stellar variety. Sweet little bullets \ud83d\udc4d<\/p>\n

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Grew it again this season, this time from my own home-saved seeds. It pushed out compound, branched trusses and made my day. Flavor was top-tier!<\/p>\n

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This variety earned a permanent spot for me simply by holding up in pristine condition all the way until New Year’s Day \ud83d\ude32<\/p>\n

Of course, I didn’t store fully ripe fruit. I put breaker and green cherries into a basket and left them at the country house next to an unlit radiator, where it sat right around 50\u00b0F (+10\u00b0C). Only Maglia Rosa and Slavyanka stayed smooth, unwrinkled, and delicious.<\/p>\n

And Maglia’s flavor was far more complex.<\/p>\n

The only small downside was that my plants stayed quite short, roughly 28 inches (70 cm). This year, I am trying seeds from Batatovy Kuschi since they supposedly carry a slightly taller selection. If I can get that same fruit on a taller vine, it will stay with me for life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Full Summary: Plant Habit, Flavor Curing & Post-Harvest Storage<\/h2>\n