Tomato 'Black Brandywine'

Grew them this year, they came in early around 70 days. Very productive with good tomato taste. Nice meaty tomato.

Cherok...Read Moreee Purple tastes better and so does Prudens purple. But this is just our taste. i can see others liking the Brandywines over all others, its a good tomato.

Brandywine black produced some absolutely beautiful fruit for me, with burgundy bodies and green, ribbed shoulders. Large fruit. Averag...Read Moree to below average productivity. Above average flavor, though not the finest black taste, in my opinion.

I received BB seeds in a swap so I can't be sure of their origin, but my crop is not as deep a purple as many of the pictures show. Most...Read More of the fruit also exhibit circular scarring around the circumference of the stem end which means that for a nice presentation you must cut some off. Nevertheless, it tastes good, so I will probably grow it again next year. The plant is 6 ft high and ripens mid to late season.

This is my first time growing Black Brandywine and I am very happy with it. It has a nice, "classic black" flavor: earthy, smokey, etc. w...Read Moreith a firm texture. The interior color is very striking when sliced, with the deep red/black body and green shoulders. This is the most prolific of all of the brandywines that I have tried (whatever the black was that crossed with brandywine must be responsible), with lots of med-large tomatoes on the vines. The plant had no trouble with disease and produced mid-late season. I would definitely grow it again.