Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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March 23, 2006 | #1 |
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Red Brandywine Heart & Yasha Yugoslavian
Hi there,
My Red Brandywines have been terribly prolific and tasty. From memory the seeds are from Korney which he got from Carolyn. You know how size drops off late in the season? I have a bit of that. And how they can become a bit irregular with some uneven ripening? I have a bit of that too. But amid the Red Brandywine tomatoes is an almost heart-shaped fruit. Do you think this could be a siign that the plant is crossed? Has anyone else had irregular shapes on Red Brandywine? Yasha Yugoslavian is a nice late heart. I assume it is supposed to be pink. Yes? Thanks in advance, Grubola |
March 23, 2006 | #2 |
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Yes, Yasha Yugoslavian is a pink heart, and no, I've never seen irregular shapes of any kind with Red Brandywine, and that means not only my own RB which I've had since the early 90's, but also the one I got seeds for from Tom Hauch at Heirloom Seeds and he was the first to get it out of SSE and offer it commercially and still calls it his "signature" variety offered re tomatoes.
I have no idea if I sent my RB to Mark, but if he says I did, then maybe I did.
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March 24, 2006 | #3 |
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Thanks Carolyn.
Mark marked the seed satchet Red Brandywine (Carolyn) so I assumed you were his source. I have two plants growing. The top two fruits are the usual ones I'm getting, but the bottom two are quite a different shape. Grub And I see my rug needs a vacuum. |
March 24, 2006 | #4 |
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Grub,
I think what I'm seeing is what others have seen, and that's that some fruits may respond to high heat with subtle shape changes. Do you remember the thread at GW where this was discussed, for I do.
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March 24, 2006 | #5 |
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I must have missed that thread. I like Red Brandywine a lot and want to maintain it in my garden
So hopefully it's not crossed, coz from what I have read a lot of seed sellers claim to have Red Brandywine and they don't. Yet I do. It's been a great season for me, Aunty Carolyn, and I have you largely to thank for that. Best from your kind seed distribution is Wes. Still pickin' 'em. And Olena Ukrainian, and, and.. lol. XXX. Grub |
March 24, 2006 | #6 |
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Grub & Carolyn,
Is the line that you're growing (or have) the (Landis) Red Brandywine or something else? Reason for my asking is I'm growing the Landis variety in 2006. ~ Tom
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March 24, 2006 | #7 |
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Tom,
my Red Brandywine was from another SSE member way back in the early 90's when heirloom tomato life was simpler. To review: Tom Hauch at Heirloom Seeds got RB from the SSE Yearbook, as many of us did and he was the first to offer it commercially. He shared seeds with Steve Miller at the Landis Museum where they try to keep PA varieties. Linda at TGS got her seeds from Landis but that doesn't make it a strain. What I have had for years is the same as what Tom has, and I grew out his two years ago to check, and is the same as the RB Linda got from Landis, assuming they kept it pure and I have no reason to think they didn't and have seen pictures of folks who grew the Landis one and they look OK. So NO strains of RB at all and all should be the same. That's not including the two entries of RB at TGS which I've talked about many many times, one PL, one RL, and neither one is RB. And the PL RB has been widely distributed by Seeds by Design in CA and is obviously completely wrong. But I assume that several places do have the correct RB and Sandhill is another such place. Does that help?
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March 24, 2006 | #8 |
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Carolyn,
Helped very much ; I think , lol ~ Helped until I read that TGS (which is the company my seed is from) may or may not be the "real" macoy ~ Or am I way off ??? My first true leaves so far indicate RL ~ I guess time will tell with your "trained eye" Carolyn when I have sliced red fruits and leaf type if what I have is INDEED HANDS DOWN RB ~ Tom
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