{"product_id":"brandywine","title":"Brandywine","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBrandywine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e emerges sometime after 1876 as a Victorian era tomato hybrid cultivar. Large, one-pound fruits achieve peak ripeness between 80 to 100 days. Smooth glossy pink skin, are true to the Brandywines, but types that blush orange undertones on their shoulders near the stem and base, are the real heritage keepers. Early starts, and warm summer sun contribute to a resonate flavor, impressive size, noticeable disease resistance, and early fruit clusters that this cultivar is known for. Fruit shapes appear quickly as large, symmetrical, flat, round, oblong, and triangle shapes! Our Brandywine cultivar was selected out of 300 distinct plants from a variety of American seed stores over the years. Honing in on the heritage and cultural memory, seed selections came only from fruits matching seed catalogue historical descriptions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eFirst to market as late as 1876 as ‘Turner’s Hybrid’ or ‘Mikado’ because of the dominate, distinctive potato shape leaf; Johnson \u0026amp; Stokes’, W. Atlee Burpee, and a man named Pete Henderson all have contrived history on this spectrum of heirloom Tomato. By 1889, the Brandywine tomato was sold as a ‘new’ variety by W. Atlee Burpee. This Victorian era Pink fruited, potato-leaved tomato was called Brandywine, possibly by the historical significance of the Brandywine Creek of Chester County Pennsylvania, or the Battle of Brandywine during the Revolutionary War, all weave contributions to tomato heritage.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIt came to market, disappeared for a time, reappearing as hybrids in red, black, orange, yellow, then surviving to this day through various seeds savers who maintain the distinctive potato shaped leaves and pinkish orange, nearly seedless flesh, for over a century.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlant habit is tree like, with very little foliage. Act determinate with a need for heavy pruning. Vines are durable and responsive to culture, requiring strong supports like bamboo or wooden sticks during fruiting. Avoid cages, do not plant close together, and allow the plant to fill 15 to 30 square feet of space, each, throughout the growing season. Minimal leaf and sucker trimming is required. Potent organic based soil is necessary for an extended seasonal production. Established plants tend to give out after their first few fruit sets without adequate moisture, and stable warm night time temperatures that fluctuate during the Summer to Fall transition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Garden Farmer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44391867285720,"sku":"","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/6563\/1192\/files\/IMG_5512.jpg?v=1707697876","url":"https:\/\/2fc296.myshopify.com\/products\/brandywine","provider":"Garden Farmer ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}