If you like to grow foliage and not tomatoes, grow this one. Even in the best of climates, it does not earn its keep. Flavor is fine, if unremarkable. If this tomato had an unattractive name, no one would ever grow it twice.

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The glowing descriptions of this tomato are what first prompted me to explore growing heirloom tomatoes. I'm glad I tried a wide selection of heirlooms my first year, because if this tomato had been the only heirloom I tried, I probably wouldn't have ever developed my obsession with heirlooms. I've tried growing 3 different "strains" of Brandywine and have found them all to be disappointing. They generally have very thin skin, are prone to blossom end rot and splitting, and are very low producers. Maybe the results would be different in a different region of the country, but these are consistently soft and relatively flavorless in my central Illinois garden.

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I know Brandywine is an heirloom tomato, but I grew Brandywine and can't see what the fuss is all about. It is the most unproductive tomato I have ever grown. Fruit just did not want to set. Flowers and no fruit set. The two or three tomatoes I did get and was able to taste were good, but certainly not worth all the fuss

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Sw minnesota. Potato leaf Brandywines are my best producers! For whatever reason, I am blessed with huge pink tomatoes with good fruit set. My Romas, however, will not take off.

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Trialed in the late nineties. Low production and did not suit my taste buds as well as the old Purple Ponderosa, which out-yielded it by a wide margin. It is a much smoother tomato than the Ponderosa and not prone to the catfacing and multiple shapes of the older beefsteaks.

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I have grown this tomato for years and believe it to be my favorite for slicing, both in size and mostly in taste.
Does not keep too well, gets soft easily, best eaten fresh picked for best flavor.

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