Best of the potato-leaf varieties?

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by indigosand

Wow, overwhelmed with information but in a good way! LOL I'm looking all these up. A nice purple would be great... I didn't have good luck with "carbon" last year.

I believe what I have is sudduth's strain. I've collected seed from this same plant so many years in row that I can't be sure anymore. It's amazing. I cooked burgers and made BLT's in honor of a freshly picked beauty many times last summer. LOL They are too good not to savor. I only wish the branches were a bit stronger. I had quite a few snap off from the sheer weight of a fruit set last year. If anyone has suggestions for that, I'm all ears.

Has anyone grown the one I keep coming across simply named "yellow brandywine"? Can you compare it to other yellows? I have dr. wyche's this year.

http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/w...b=General_Info

Above is a link to Yellow Brandywine and if you look at the seed sources that should answer your question as to how popular it is b'c the list of vendors selling this variety is long indeed.

And yes, I've grown it as well as Yellow Brandywine ( Platfoot) which I named since it was for me, and many others, smoother than the original and was an all around better plant, etc.

Yellow Brandywine, original source not known, was first introduced to an SSE Yearbook by Barbara Lund of OH many many years ago and she had received seeds of it from Charlie Knoy of Indiana.

My seeds for the Platfoot one were received from Gary Platfoot of OH.

Most varieties that have yellow as part of the variety name have fruits that turn gold at maturity, and that's true of YB as well as the Dr. Wyche one you're also growing.

Knowing that in the tomato world , as I sad above, most varieties with yellow as part of the variety name have fruits that mature to gold, in addition to the two above which I think are excellent I'd add:

Aunt Gertie's Gold
Kellogg's Breakfast and the PL version KBX
Elfie
Golden Queen
Dixie Golden Giant

...... to name just a few large fruited ones that come to mind ASAP that could be compared with Yellow Brandywine.

Color perception is just that and not everyone sees colors the same for a varietyof reasons,so some would use deep orange or whatever to describe some of the above.

Finally, the three major colored heirloom Brandywines are the pink, red and yellow ( gold) and there's no connection between them.

Carolyn