View Single Post
Old February 4, 2015   #10
Cole_Robbie
Tomatovillian™
 
Cole_Robbie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Illinois, zone 6
Posts: 8,407
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan&Jayne View Post
I`m trying for the first time Brandywine Red Landis Valley
me too.

I am also trying Yellow Brandywine, Platfoot Strain, for the first time. I have grown the non-platfoot yellow brandywine before. It was the sweetest tomato I had that year, but the plant only set a few fruit, and they were very ugly and irregular.

I order plain old "Brandywine" from Morgan County Seeds and get a big pink tomato that is just as good as any other big round pink I have grown so far. Last year I had Stump of the World and Marianna's Peace. They were good, but I don't think they were better. I still have a lot more pink tomatoes to try, though.

I get the impression that over so many years that the word Brandywine has come to mean "tomato that tastes good." It has been used for many different varieties.
Cole_Robbie is offline   Reply With Quote