Brandywine, Glick's Strain

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Brandywine, Glick's Strain
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	potato
Fruit color	pink
Fruit shape	oblate, beefsteak
Fruit size	large
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type	open-pollinated, heirloom
Country	USA

IL LO N

85 days, indet., potato leaf plant with high yield of 12-20 oz pink beefsteak fruit with excellent flavor.

Source 

Bill Minkey of Darien, Wisconsin (WI MI B) 99 / Darrell Merrell of Tulsa, Oklahoma (OK ME D) 98

Location: Oblong, Illinois

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TX GU R

80 days, indet., potato leaf, pink beefsteak up to 1.25 lbs., very productive.

Source 

Pam Kaiser

Location: Pasadena, Texas

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History

• Another strain of Brandywine, originated from Glicks Seed Co of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
• First offered in the Seed Savers 1996 Yearbook by William Woys Weaver of Paoli, Pennsylvania (PA WE W), who received original seed from Glen Brendle, a farmer and market grower near Gap, Pennsylvania. Mr. Weaver thought that this was the original strain of Brandywine.
• The Brendle family got their original seed from Isaac N. Glick, Seedsman of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, who was a distributor of seeds for Johnson and Stokes Seeds of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Johnson and Stokes introduced the Brandywine strain in January, 1889.

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Related (other strains)

• Brandywine
• Brandywine, Joyce's Strain
• Brandywine, Liams
• Brandywine, Pawer's
• Brandywine, Sudduth's
• Brandywine, Cowlick's

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018		.	.
2017		.	.
2016		.	.
2015		.	.
2014		.	.
2013		.	.
2012		8	0
2011		8	0
2010		9	.
2009		7	.
2008		10	.
2007		7	.

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