Post by michaeljohnson on Oct 17, 2008 0:59:05 GMT -5
Having grown and tried almost all of the Brandywine tomatoes that are available over the last ten years or so, I grew a very strange version of it this year.
The plant in question is a (Johnny's selected seeds ) B.W. that is supposed to be the best version according to Carolyn male and Craig L. which I have grown on and off for several years now-from the same home saved seeds.
However- this year , one plant produced very few, normal sized Brandywines of about a pound in weight, and when they were fairly ripe I brought them inside the house to finish them off in ripening , every day I kept gently squeezing the sides to see if the had gone soft and ready to eat, but they never did
even though they had by this time turned a darkish pink -their full colour.
In the end I could stand the waiting no longer, and decided to cut into one to see why they had not gone soft like all other B,W's do.
When I cut them in half there was almost no seed pockets inside- except two small ones- which yeilded just twelve seeds in total, all the rest was just solid meat right across the tomato, upon tasting it I was very surprised as it was very-very sweet and tomatoey , one of the best flavoured tomatoes to date,
All the tomatoes on that plant only had two little seed pockets in each tomato - all very firm, very little juice, but smooth like a melon in texture, it was one of the tastiest tomatoes I had ever grown.
Of the few seeds that I did manage to save I shall be sowing them again next year to see if they come true to type-hope so- but they are certainly not big on seed production
The plant in question is a (Johnny's selected seeds ) B.W. that is supposed to be the best version according to Carolyn male and Craig L. which I have grown on and off for several years now-from the same home saved seeds.
However- this year , one plant produced very few, normal sized Brandywines of about a pound in weight, and when they were fairly ripe I brought them inside the house to finish them off in ripening , every day I kept gently squeezing the sides to see if the had gone soft and ready to eat, but they never did
even though they had by this time turned a darkish pink -their full colour.In the end I could stand the waiting no longer, and decided to cut into one to see why they had not gone soft like all other B,W's do.
When I cut them in half there was almost no seed pockets inside- except two small ones- which yeilded just twelve seeds in total, all the rest was just solid meat right across the tomato, upon tasting it I was very surprised as it was very-very sweet and tomatoey , one of the best flavoured tomatoes to date,
All the tomatoes on that plant only had two little seed pockets in each tomato - all very firm, very little juice, but smooth like a melon in texture, it was one of the tastiest tomatoes I had ever grown.
Of the few seeds that I did manage to save I shall be sowing them again next year to see if they come true to type-hope so- but they are certainly not big on seed production
