I didn't know about the history of BB being from Seeds by Design and just assumed that since original Brandywine and Yellow Brandywine were PL that anything else with Brandywine in the name should be a PL.
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The cross that occured in the growing fields of Seeds by Design between Brandywine and an unknown black gave rise to a selection called Black Brandywine that is PL and that's the one that's been in circulation for quite a few years now.
No, not all varieties with Brandywine in the name are PL.
The original heirlooms of Brandywine and Yellow Brandywine are PL but Red Brandywine is completely different and is RL.
There are quite a few varieties that have brandywine as part of the name, some are PL and some are RL and most of them arose from natural crossing and selection from the growout of that hybrid. And I think one was the result of mutation.
There's lots of wrong Red Brandywine out there that's PL, not RL, and in one case at TGS there's an RL RB that isn't RB at all. Linda continues to offer it b'c so many folks like it, whatever it is.
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