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Have you checked the GardenWeb tomato forum? Go there and do a search for
Rose Quartz. There were a few threads there over the last few months on it,
specifically about it possibly having the multi-flora gene-- it produced a
huge flower cluster similar to Riesentraube. It's also been discussed it may
be the same as Sweet Quartz.

Mark

[Rose Quartz at TomatoFest.com vs. Sweet Quartz Hybrid at Tomatogrowers.com]

I'm currently growing Rose Quartz from TomatoFest (this may be a hybrid
from Sakata Seed Co. in Japan, I need to verify this). Sweet Quartz Hybrid
(from Tomato Growers Supply) is described as "slightly elongated" but the
picture at http://www.tomatogrowers.com/small.htm shows a fruit similar to
the round ones on my Rose Quartz plant. It's sort of early in the season
to tell and I'll have to wait until the fruit fully matures.

I could and should write to Renee Shepherd and ask her about the original
seed source for the Rose Quartz Hybrid (Japanese) that was once carried in
her Shepherd's Garden Seeds catalog.

Regarding the "multiflora" sport of Rose Quartz: people who have acquired
some of this seed and grown it are saying that the trait for huge bunches
of blossoms breeds true. I understand this was a selection from a plant
sown from Rose Quartz (TomatoFest) seed.

-- dkra