Brandywine, Red

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Brandywine, Red
Maturity midseason
Growth habit indet.
Leaf type regular
Fruit color red
Fruit shape oblate
Fruit size medium
Fruit type slicer, canner
Variety type heirloom
Country USA
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Red Brandywine (NK Lawn & Garden) - ripe fruit. 2009-08-16.

B.C KO T

80 days, indet., regular leaf, 4-14 oz red fruit, very good balanced flavor, medium yield.
Seed Source 
1. Reimer Seeds
2. Adam Floro, Illinois 05 / NY MA C (Carolyn Male of Salem, New York)
3. CV NK Lawn & Garden Co. 04
4. CV Hazzard's Greenhouse 11
5. Fred Civish, Utah 05 / Tomato Growers Supply 04

|2005 (Fred Civish), 2008 (sources #1-2), 2009 (NK Lawn & Garden)}}


MI FL J

Large vines need caging or staking, 70 days, medium nearly round red fruit, very good full flavor. I have observed some early production, then a lull of about two weeks, then very reliable production for an extended period.
Source 
Reimer Seeds / Craig LeHoullier of Raleigh, North Carolina

Year: 2003, 2004, 2005

Location: Augusta, Michigan


IL LO N

85 days, indet., regular leaf plant, high yield of red fruit, 8-12 oz, excellent taste.
Source 
Reimer Seeds / MD WY C 96 (Chuck Wyatt, Maryland)

Location: Oblong, Illinois


TX GU R

85 days, indet., regular leaf, full of flavor, poor producer, my wife's favorite.
Source 
Reimer Seeds / CV Vegetable Seed Warehouse

Location: Pasadena, Texas


CT BE J

85 days, regular leaf, very good production of consistent, round, red 6-10 oz fruit.
Source 
Reimer Seeds / Tomato Growers Supply 2006

Year: 2007

Location: Connecticut


GERM SC K

Beefsteak, good taste
Source 
Reimer Seeds / Manfred Hahm-Hartmann

Year: 2011

Location: Quitzdorf am See, Germany


CA CA N

The large indeterminate regular leaved plants took seventy-nine days to produce. The fruit are bright red and range from half a pound to a pound and a half. They are rounder than most beefsteak tomatoes, but their flavor is great, no aftertaste, and the taste is a sweeter version of Stupice. This variety produces easily throughout the season, but is prone to cracking, so keep the watering to a minimum when the fruits start to form.
Source
Reimer Seeds / Local nursery seedling; grown by Upstarts (2010)

Year: 2010, 2011 (my own saved seeds)

Location: San Jose, California, Zone 9b


History

  • Said to be named after the Brandywine River in eastern Pennsylvania.
  • According to Carolyn Male, Tom Hauch at Heirloom Seeds in Pennsylvania was the first to get Red Brandywine out of the SSE Yearbook and offer it commercially. He sent seeds to Steve Miller at the Landis Museum in PA which features Amish varieties. Red Brandywine is the only one of the brandywines to have a documented Amish history and that's the one that Steve got when he followed up on the background.
  • A few commercial seed vendors mistakenly offered a potato leafed version of Red Brandywine in the early 2000s. The authentic Red Brandywine has regular leaf foliage.
  • Tomato Growers Supply continues to offer potato-leafed Red Brandywine, as Linda Sapp, the owner, believes that her customers like it and will miss it if it is removed from the TGS catalog.

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Seed Availability

Year Commercial Vendors Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings) Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018 . .
2017 Reimer Seeds . .
2016 Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie . .
2015 Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie . .
2014 Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds
Heirloom Seeds
Heirloom Tomatoes
Tomato Growers Supply
TomatoFest
Trade Winds Fruit - sold out for 2014
Victory Seed Company
. .
2013 Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds
Gourmet Seed International - new
Heirloom Seeds
Heirloom Tomatoes
Hazzard's Wholesale Seeds
J.W. Jung Seed Company
NESeed
Sand Hill Preservation Center - sold out for 2013
Skyfire Garden Seeds
Snow Seed
Terroir Seeds
Tomato Growers Supply
TomatoFest
Trade Winds Fruit
Victory Seed Company
. .
2012 Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds
Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie
Sand Hill Preservation Center
Tomato Growers Supply *
Victory Seed Company
11 4
2011 Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds
Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie
Heirloom Seeds
Heirloom Tomatoes
Marianna's Heirloom Seeds
NESeed *
Sand Hill Preservation Center
Skyfire Garden Seeds
Snow Seed *
Victory Seed Company
Terroir Seeds
Tomato Growers Supply *
TomatoFest
Trade Winds Fruit
12 4
2010 Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds
Burpee
Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie
Heirloom Seeds
Heirloom Tomatoes
Heritage Harvest Seed
Marianna's Heirloom Seeds
Sand Hill Preservation Center
Skyfire Garden Seeds
Tomato Growers Supply (both regular leaf and potato leaf)
TomatoFest
Terroir Seeds
Victory Seed Company
12 .
2009 Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds
Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie
Heirloom Seeds
Heirloom Tomatoes
Marianna's Heirloom Seeds
Sand Hill Preservation Center
Seed Savers Exchange - new
Skyfire Garden Seeds
Tomato Growers Supply
TomatoFest
Totally Tomatoes
Terroir Seeds
Victory Seed Company
12 .
2008 Heirloom Seeds
Marianna's Heirloom Seeds
Sand Hill Preservation Center
Skyfire Garden Seeds
Tomato Growers Supply
TomatoFest
Totally Tomatoes
Victory Seed Company
15 .
2007 Marianna's Heirloom Seeds
Sand Hill Preservation Center
Tomato Growers Supply
17 .


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