"Pat Meadows" wrote ...

I grew Brandywine last year. I will never grow them again in this climate
- I think we had TWO ripe tomatoes from them. Bah.

The plants got huge, and one of them collapsed its cage - they have
funny-looking
leaves, btw, different from other tomatoes I've grown - but they didn't
set much fruit and what fruit they did have, didn't ripen.

-- Pat Meadows - In Pennsylvania's northern mountains, at about
1600 feet - one of the colder areas of Zone 5

I grew them for the first time last year. The plants were fussy but grew
large by the end of the season. Despite the sucess of their neighbors, all
season the Brandywines produced only a total of 3 tomatoes on 2 plants. One
of these was lost to rot and one didn't ripen. I was so peeved. In
September I took the sole survivor inside ad decided to make a sandwich
and.... OH MY GOD It was so good I couldn't believe it. I have grown a lot
of tomatoes, but as far as sandwiches go, this was the best ever.

I'm not sure Brandywines are worth the time , space and effort, but I'm
going to try them again this year, even for that one anticipated sandwich.
;-)