Brandywine

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Brandywine
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

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Brandywine - ripe fruit. 2010-09-24.

B.C KO T

78 days, large indet. plants with potato leaf foliage, large pink oblate beefsteak fruit, 10-18 oz. Outstanding flavor.

Seed source:

1. Reimer Seeds

2. Irina Ogorodnova, Nebraska 05

3. NESeed 13

4. CV PC Organics 03

Year grown: 2003(1), 2004(1), 2010(2), 2012*(3)

Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)

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B.C GI K

85 days, large indeterminate plant, potato leaf. Large beefsteak-type fruit, weighs in at about 1lb. Pink with some green shouldering. Does not seem to react well to heat and humidity in my area, many of the fruit had cracking as well.

Source 

Reimer Seeds / Laird Creek Farms, Nelson, BC. 2007.

Year: 2007, 2008

Location: Nelson, BC, Canada

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History

• Heirloom tomato, an unknown strain of Brandywine, introduced to SSE in 1982. It was intentionally used as a parent in many tomato breeding projects - see Dora, Marizol Bratka or Purple Brandy. It was also one of the parents in a few accidental crosses such as Little Lucky, Little Lucky Heart.
• This variety was mentioned in the 188? Johnson and Stokes Catalog:

"The Brandywine, or No.45 Tomato.

Two years ago a customer in Ohio sent us a small package of tomato seed, requesting us to give it a fair test on our trial grounds. A few plants were set out along with forty-five other varieties, we were testing, both new and old; this being the last on the list, was numbered 45. To our astonishment, it completely eclipsed, in great size and beauty, all other varieties we were testing, several specimens when ripe weighing over three pounds each, as smooth as an apple and remarkably solid. To still further test this tomato, we sent a few packets to tomato specialists, requesting them to report on its merits. The name given it was suggested by our friend, Thos. H. Brinton, of Chadd's Ford, Pa., who has probably grown and tested more varieties of tomatoes than any other person in the United States, who wrote September 25th, 1888: "The more I see of the Tomato No.45, the more I am pleased with it. It is certainly a magnificent new and distinct variety, and worthy of the name of Brandywine, after that most beautiful of all streams, which flows near our Quaker village. It is also spoken of in the highest terms by all to whom I gave a few plants for trial."

The have not illustrated this new tomato, as had we given it a larger notice, we are afraid we would not have had half enough seed to go around.

With two such handsome varieties as the 'Atlantic Prize' for early, and the 'Brandywine' for late, no garden could fail to give a bountiful supply of delicious tomatoes the entire season."

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Related

• Purple Haze,
  
• Dora,
  
• Gary'O Sena,
  
• Liz Birt,
  
• Brandywine X Brandy Stripe F1

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See also

• Yellow Brandywine,
  
• Black Brandywine,
  
• Brandywine, Cherry,
  
• Brandywine From Croatia,
  
• Brandywine, Glick's Strain,
  
• Brandywine, Joyce's Strain,
  
• Brandywine, Liams,
  
• Brandywine, Pawer's,
  
• Brandywine, Sudduth's,
  
• Brandywine, Cowlick's

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Brandywine - flower. 2010-07-03.

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  Steve Adams. Brandywine. 2010.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Brandywine - ripe fruit. 2010-09-24.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Brandywine - ripe fruit. August 29, 2011.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Brandywine - sliced fruit. 2010-09-24.

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Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018		.	.
2017	Reimer Seeds	.	.
2016		.	.
2015		.	.
2014	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Gleckler Seedmen Heirloom Seeds Heirloom Tomatoes Johnny's Selected Seeds Ohio Heirloom Seeds Pinetree Seeds Seed Savers Exchange Solana Seeds The Sample Seed Shop Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest Trade Winds Fruit Victory Seed Company	.	.
2013	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Delectation of Tomatoes - new Double Helix Farms Fedco Seeds Full Circle Seeds Heirloom Seeds Heirloom Tomatoes Hazzard's Wholesale Seeds Johnny's Selected Seeds J.W. Jung Seed Company NESeed Pinetree Seeds Salt Spring Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center Seed Savers Exchange Seeds of Change Skyfire Garden Seeds Snow Seed Solana Seeds The Sample Seed Shop Territorial Seed Company Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest Trade Winds Fruit Two Wings Farm Victory Seed Company	.	.
2012	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Double Helix Farms Gleckler Seedmen - new Johnny's Selected Seeds Pinetree Seeds Seed Savers Exchange Seeds of Change The Sample Seed Shop - new Tomato Growers Supply * Veseys Seeds Victory Seed Company	9 + 3 (as Brandywine Pink)	1
2011	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Fedco Seeds Full Circle Seeds Heirloom Seeds Heirloom Tomatoes Knapp's Fresh Vegies Marianna's Heirloom Seeds NESeed * Pinetree Seeds Salt Spring Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center Seed Savers Exchange Skyfire Garden Seeds Snow Seed * Solana Seeds - sold out for 2011 Territorial Seed Company Tomato Growers Supply * TomatoFest Trade Winds Fruit Two Wings Farm Veseys Seeds Victory Seed Company West Coast Seeds	13	4
2010	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - sold out for 2010 Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Burpee Fedco Seeds Full Circle Seeds Gleckler Seedmen Heirloom Seeds Heirloom Tomatoes Johnny's Selected Seeds Knapp's Fresh Vegies Pinetree Seeds Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Salt Spring Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center Seed Savers Exchange - sold out for 2010 Skyfire Garden Seeds Southern Exposure Seed Exchange Solana Seeds Territorial Seed Company Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest Two Wings Farm Veseys Seeds Victory Seed Company	16	3
2009	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Full Circle Seeds Gleckler Seedmen Heirloom Seeds Heirloom Tomatoes Johnny's Selected Seeds Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Pinetree Seeds Skyfire Garden Seeds - new Southern Exposure Seed Exchange Solana Seeds Territorial Seed Company Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest Totally Tomatoes Two Wings Farm Terroir Seeds Veseys Seeds Victory Seed Company West Coast Seeds	12	.
2008	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Heirloom Seeds Johnny's Selected Seeds Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Pinetree Seeds Southern Exposure Seed Exchange Solana Seeds Territorial Seed Company Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest Totally Tomatoes Veseys Seeds Victory Seed Company West Coast Seeds	16	.
2007	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Johnny's Selected Seeds Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center Southern Exposure Seed Exchange Solana Seeds Territorial Seed Company Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest Veseys Seeds Victory Seed Company West Coast Seeds	19	.

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