On Tue, 05 Aug 2003 00:52:07 -0800, (Jan
Flora) wrote:


Territorial Seeds and High Altitude Seeds both sell short-season
heirlooms. I'll have to grow some and report back next year : ) There's
a gal in town who always grows Brandywine. If she could only grow one
tomato plant, that's the one she'd grow.

She is right

It's *that* good?? I'll have to try it next year, in the greenhouse : )


I'm the dissenting voice, I guess.

We grew Brandywines last year. They were wildly
unproductive - I believe I had three ripe tomatoes from four
plants! (Our climate's not ideal for tomatoes.)

I didn't think they tasted better than most other home-grown
tomatoes. Maybe ours weren't representative.

In this fairly short-season, cool summer climate I will
never try them again.

We're building a hoophouse (unheated) and I'll grow tomatoes
in it next year, also peppers and eggplants. But I
certainly won't try Brandywines in the hoophouse: space
will be at a premium and they're just too unproductive for
me. Even when they do ripen, I have read that they're not
nearly as productive as some other varieties.

Pat