Brandywine, True Black

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Brandywine, True Black
Maturity late
Growth habit indet.
Leaf type potato
Fruit color black
Fruit shape beefsteak
Fruit size medium
Fruit type slicer
Variety type
Country

IL LO N

85 days, indet., potato leaf plant with a fair yield of 6-14 oz brownish black fruit with good flavor.
Source 
MO GE J 08 (Jere Gettle, Missouri)

Year: 2008

Location: Oblong, Illinois


History

  • Offered commercially by Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds in 2008.
  • Jere Gettle, the owner of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds , received the seed from William Woys Weaver of Pennsylvania (PA WE W), who claimed that his grandfather obtained seed from breeder Dr. Harold E. Martin in the late 1920s.
  • According to Southern Exposure Seed Exchange , this is a cross between Brandywine and Fejee Improved, bred by Dr. Harold E. Martin. If this is true, I would question why this tomato was named 'True Black Brandywine'.
  • A few tomato folks at Tomatoville questioned the authenticity of the 'true' strain, specifically around its recent introduction (2007-2008).
  • First introduced to SSE by Jere Gettle of Missouri (MO GE J) in 2008.
  • Southern Exposure Seed Exchange offered it in their 2010 Catalog as Black Brandywine.

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