Brandywine's

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Originally Posted by AKmark

Mike, your posts are awesome, I am counting and weighing fruits too, and can compare the 3 brandywines. Thanks for taking the time to post the info you see the need to share.

Mark,
Thanks!
Good luck with your counting and weighing fruits. I dedicate a new notebook every year to my record keeping and I weigh every tomato from every plant. This might earn me a few choice names from many, but its all part of record keeping that allows me to support my claims and observances. I'm far from any type of expert in gardening or even in growing tomatoes, but I have been growing large numbers since 1958, (56 years, minus a couple years in the US Army with Uncle Sam).
I don't post much anymore and really distance myself from gardening forums as I dislike having to disagree with so many. It's just every once in awhile that someone posts something that really ruffles my feathers and I can't keep my mouth shut. Usually concerning Brandywines in general, or Cowlick's or BW Glick's in particular. Used to go through the same thing with Amazon Chocolate a few years back. Too many people condemning a great tomato, because they didn't like the supplier. Seems to be a major fault on some forums. This one included.
Then there's the immaturity of not allowing a growers name to even be mentioned. Won't get into that at this time, but it caused me to walk away from some forums more than once.
As you can see, I'm a little too honest with some of my statements, but I can tell you what are and aren't good tomatoes.
Enjoy!