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| 'Brandywine' Tomatoes |
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| Description: |
Open-pollinated. Main season, heirloom, standard tomato with 10- to 24-ounce, deeply lobed fruit with deep pink skin and red flesh. Indeterminate, potato-leaved plants.
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80-90
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| Rating Summary
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Overall:
(3.8 Stars) 
Taste:
(4.5 Stars)
Yield:
(3.0 Stars) 
Ease/Reliability:
(3.4 Stars) |
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Number of Reviews: 68
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
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 , Nov 01, 2009
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Reviewer:
TheFluffyOne from IL
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| There are many strains of BrandyWine, mine came from Ferry-Morse via Lowe's. This was a great tomato in year that was horrible for them. Once again I'll say 2009 was a tough year for tomatoes but my Brandywine kept pace with BetterBoy in terms of yield. Typical Heirloom issues when contrasted with a tomatoe liek BetterBoy, catfacing, lots of cracking, bizarre shapes, clumping, lots of waste, uneven ripening and sizes varied like crazy on the same plant. But as I said the yield was good, and oddly enough of the 9 varieties I grew this was among the earliest coming in with SuperSweet 100.
I am working on creating a strain for my area as this is simply a superior tomato when taste is the over riding factor. And it was among the most disease resistant in once again a poor year (extremely wet and cold) Additionally I preserve tomatoes by drying, and I note there really are few seeds in this Brandywine and its meaty walls dry very, very well. |
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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, Aug 14, 2009
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Reviewer:
engk916 from NJ
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| my favorite tomato! the flavor is outstanding, with huge fruit that have the perfect balance of sugar and acid. i amend the soil with manure and foliar feed during the growing season with seaweed. this treatment greatly boosts the yields for me, and i think the foliar feed helped fend off the blight that destroyed my black krim plant. the only issue for me is the late ripening for these tomatoes, it makes my patience wear thin but the flavor more than makes up for the long wait. |
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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, Aug 05, 2009
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NJGardengal from NJ
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| I've grown these sporadically over the years. In my opinion, Brandywine is the best tasting tomato out there (a 5+)! However, the yield was spotty for me. Only one year did I have a decent yield. Most years there were only a couple of tomatoes on the plant, so I can't honestly give it a high overall rating.
I had always heard that Brandywine didn't have much disease resistance, but in my garden, they fared no worse than any other variety...hybrids included.
So, if you can afford the space in your garden, I'd say give them a try based on their taste alone.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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, Jun 10, 2009
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Reviewer:
Charles Clement from KS
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| My first year growing them. So far so good! I can not yet rate the taste because I have not had my first ripe one yet. Here is what is going on as of June 10, 2009. I am impressed with the green tomatoe sets which have appeared. one bloom stem has 26 bloom flowers and is setting many tomatoes. The bloom stem is massive in size. No sign of health problems yet with the plants. I will try to report back at season end for final report |
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, Jun 06, 2009
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camaspermaculture from WA
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| We have planted Sudduth's strain of Brandywine for a number of years with consistent results. One of the best tomatoes ever. Tend to be more acidic than newer varieties-which we like. Large plants with irregular shaped fruit. Not a great market tomato but will make the best sauces possible with a tomato. Great eating as well if you like tomato salad but because of the large size of the fruit some people may not like how they slice into a green salad.
This is a good variety to save seed from and bears true every year. |
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