Got Brandywine ? - Page 2

creister · August 25, 2006

Hey Tom,

How has your season gone? Mine was over a few weeks ago due to school/football starting again. Only Kimberly was left for the fall. My Brandywine Red never got overly large either, and my seeds were from the same place you got yours. I did have a few in the 6-8 oz range. My plant did have a virus and looked sick most of the season, so I was just thankful to get a taste of them. I thought they had a very good taste. I plan to grow them again. I may try a different seed source for them also.

Tomstrees · August 25, 2006

Everythings good here Creister ~
Been having an overall good season ...
Did your RB look like mine ?
Should I re-post leaf pics ?
I've heard , its not correct ...
I really need to grow the right
one ... becoming frustrating ...
anywho ... what the name of your football team?
I need a name for my yahoo
fantasy football team! lol ~
Tom

creister · August 28, 2006

Where are your pics located? I think next year I will order some RBWfrom sandhill and give them a try. My team's name is the Cardinals. If you want some more here is a list of some area high school fb teams.

Ploughboys
Lobos
Hippos
Rebels
Bulldogs
Badgers

Good luck with the rest of your season. Did you grow New Big Dwarf? If so, what did you think of it? I really liked it.

creister · August 28, 2006

I saw the pics after I looked on the 1st page. Were your plants reg. or potato leaf? Mine were regular.

Tomstrees · August 28, 2006

Creister -

I only grew Golden Dwarf Champion ...
a dwarf yellow that MAY give yellows
a "bland" name ~ (IMHO)

Here are a couple leaf pic's of my supposedly
"red brandywine":

Some say its a "no-go" -
Let me know what you got ~

Tom

ps. thanks for the names !!!

bugsy · September 2, 2006

The ones in feldons picture look like the brandywine rejects I used to throw out. I would save only the perfect ones for my family who had no idea of the sacrifice I was making for them. Luckily I generally had a good percentage of perfect ones unless it was a freak year or i grew them too late.

Obviously it would be a crime to waste such a tomato so i would gorge on them before chucking the cracked parts and the stem on the compost pile. Good times, very good times. This is my favorite tomato of all time.

Polar_Lace · September 4, 2006

The seeds that grew this were sold as Red Brandywine to my friend 20 miles away. Are they 'Red Brandywine'?
No, They're NOT -- They're just Regular Brandywine

Taste was on the sweet side; but not overly done, not tart, meaty yet juicy & the acid was there; but not strongly overdone either.

Brandywine Potato Leaf 9/4/06

Brandywine Potato Leaf Bottom & Top 9/4/06

Brandywine Potato Leaf Open 9/4/06

Ooops, I forgot, I moved the pics to a different File. Moving photo files can break their links.

Tomstrees · September 5, 2006

ahhhhhh - the trials and tribulations of
Red Brandywine !!!
Makes me wonder ...
WHO ! Really has the real deal ~
I thought my source from TGS was spot on -
But apparently ... NOT !

~ Tom

Tomstrees · October 4, 2006

does anyone have a picture of
the REAL Red Brandywine ?

~ Tom

Polar_Lace · October 4, 2006

Plllsssst... razzleberries.

Tomstrees · October 4, 2006

Robin -

Pic problem !

~ Tom

Polar_Lace · October 4, 2006

Tom,

Ooops, I forgot, I moved the pics to a different File. Moving photo files can break their links.

They're fixed now.

Tomstrees · October 4, 2006

Robin ...

~ ? ~ ? ~

~ Tom ~

feldon30 · October 4, 2006

DavesGarden.com considers posting their photos on other people's websites to be "bandwidth theft". I don't agree with that concept and have little problem with people using my photos on their websites as long as it's not anything illegal.

If DavesGarden doesn't want their photos to be linked, show up in the Google Image Cache, or allow users to read forum posts at Google, maybe they should set the site to block Google from visiting.

Polar_Lace · October 4, 2006

Ok, look here Tom scroll down & decide for youself....

Check here at Victory Seeds Brandywine, Red

& here: Brandywine(s)

& what nctomatoman says: Heirloom Tomato Stories – part 1: Brandywine and company – what we know, and what we don’t (one person’s opinion)

PS: read this too! Question about Red Brandywine

August 25, 2006	#17
Tomstrees Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Bayshore Posts: 3,848	Everythings good here Creister ~ Been having an overall good season ... Did your RB look like mine ? Should I re-post leaf pics ? I've heard , its not correct ... I really need to grow the right one ... becoming frustrating ... anywho ... what the name of your football team? I need a name for my yahoo fantasy football team! lol ~ Tom __________________ My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~ H. Fred Ale

August 28, 2006	#20
Tomstrees Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Bayshore Posts: 3,848	Creister - I only grew Golden Dwarf Champion ... a dwarf yellow that MAY give yellows a "bland" name ~ (IMHO) Here are a couple leaf pic's of my supposedly "red brandywine": Some say its a "no-go" - Let me know what you got ~ Tom ps. thanks for the names !!! __________________ My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~ H. Fred Ale

September 4, 2006	#22
Polar_Lace Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Z8b, Texas Posts: 657	The seeds that grew this were sold as Red Brandywine to my friend 20 miles away. Are they 'Red Brandywine'? No, They're NOT -- They're just Regular Brandywine Taste was on the sweet side; but not overly done, not tart, meaty yet juicy & the acid was there; but not strongly overdone either. Brandywine Potato Leaf 9/4/06 Brandywine Potato Leaf Bottom & Top 9/4/06 Brandywine Potato Leaf Open 9/4/06 Ooops, I forgot, I moved the pics to a different File. Moving photo files can break their links. __________________ It's not how many seeds you sow. Nor how many plants you transplant. It's about how many of them can survive your treatment of them.

September 5, 2006	#23
Tomstrees Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Bayshore Posts: 3,848	ahhhhhh - the trials and tribulations of Red Brandywine !!! Makes me wonder ... WHO ! Really has the real deal ~ I thought my source from TGS was spot on - But apparently ... NOT ! ~ Tom __________________ My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~ H. Fred Ale

October 4, 2006	#24
Tomstrees Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Bayshore Posts: 3,848	does anyone have a picture of the REAL Red Brandywine ? ~ Tom __________________ My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~ H. Fred Ale

August 25, 2006	#16
creister Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Abilene, TX zone 7 Posts: 1,478	Hey Tom, How has your season gone? Mine was over a few weeks ago due to school/football starting again. Only Kimberly was left for the fall. My Brandywine Red never got overly large either, and my seeds were from the same place you got yours. I did have a few in the 6-8 oz range. My plant did have a virus and looked sick most of the season, so I was just thankful to get a taste of them. I thought they had a very good taste. I plan to grow them again. I may try a different seed source for them also.

September 2, 2006	#21
bugsy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Zone 10b Posts: 67	The ones in feldons picture look like the brandywine rejects I used to throw out. I would save only the perfect ones for my family who had no idea of the sacrifice I was making for them. Luckily I generally had a good percentage of perfect ones unless it was a freak year or i grew them too late. Obviously it would be a crime to waste such a tomato so i would gorge on them before chucking the cracked parts and the stem on the compost pile. Good times, very good times. This is my favorite tomato of all time.

October 4, 2006	#25
Polar_Lace Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Z8b, Texas Posts: 657	Plllsssst... razzleberries. __________________ It's not how many seeds you sow. Nor how many plants you transplant. It's about how many of them can survive your treatment of them.

October 4, 2006	#26
Tomstrees Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Bayshore Posts: 3,848	Robin - Pic problem ! ~ Tom __________________ My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~ H. Fred Ale

October 4, 2006	#28
Tomstrees Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Bayshore Posts: 3,848	Robin ... ~ ? ~ ? ~ ~ Tom ~ __________________ My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~ H. Fred Ale

October 4, 2006	#29
feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	DavesGarden.com considers posting their photos on other people's websites to be "bandwidth theft". I don't agree with that concept and have little problem with people using my photos on their websites as long as it's not anything illegal. If DavesGarden doesn't want their photos to be linked, show up in the Google Image Cache, or allow users to read forum posts at Google, maybe they should set the site to block Google from visiting. __________________ [SIZE="3"]I've relaunched my gardening website -- [B]TheUnconventionalTomato.com[/B][/SIZE] * [I][SIZE="1"]*I'm not allowed to post weblinks so you'll have to copy-paste it manually.[/SIZE][/I]