Post by Yoris on Jul 24, 2018 16:53:49 GMT -7
EDIT (13 July 2019): This was actually an accidental cross (subject changed to reflect this). It was regular leaf, while it was supposed to be potato leaf. Its offspring produced both regular leaf and potato leaf plants.
I got my first ripe Brandy Boy tomato, today; not from the F1 hybrid, but from a stabilized version bred by john11840 of Gardenweb.
It's astonishingly early for the fruit size (one of my earliest, after Galapagos Island, Frosty F. House, Millet's Dakota, my rugose Husky Cherry Red F5, Nodak Early, Burpee Sunnybrook Earliana, and some with BER that ripened earlier than healthier fruits would have). The taste was good, and a bit sour. Three others tasted the same tomato, and their responses were these:
* Good! (she sounded quite sincere)
* Amazing
* Pretty good
My first tomato split after I picked it. [Edit: Probably because it was so hard to pick that it burst the skin. Using scissors is a great way to avoid this.] It should be noted that I grew it with black plastic and I only watered it a few times (the weather has been arid and about 100° F. every day for a while). It was obviously pink (my first ripe pink tomato), and this particular fruit was shaded by foliage and an 18-gallon moving tote. So, I imagine a sun-ripened one could taste even better.
It had a bit of that taste/smell that I think is characteristic of Brandywine, but it has its own taste, IMO. It had good texture and was juicy at the same time. I still haven't tasted a tomato that I know with 100% certainly is Brandywine, but I've tasted some that were likely Brandywine, and I've tasted tomatoes that are supposed to taste like it. My Brandy Boy fruit wasn't mealy at all (the Brandywine types I've grown before were usually mealy in my garden, but I don't think that's how they usually are for people).
This seems to be a heat-tolerant variety, since it's setting fruit (even more earnestly now than it was when it was cooler). I definitely plan to grow it again next year (hopefully multiple plants).
Here are some pictures that I took of the fruit, today (they're all of the same fruit):
I got my first ripe Brandy Boy tomato, today; not from the F1 hybrid, but from a stabilized version bred by john11840 of Gardenweb.
It's astonishingly early for the fruit size (one of my earliest, after Galapagos Island, Frosty F. House, Millet's Dakota, my rugose Husky Cherry Red F5, Nodak Early, Burpee Sunnybrook Earliana, and some with BER that ripened earlier than healthier fruits would have). The taste was good, and a bit sour. Three others tasted the same tomato, and their responses were these:
* Good! (she sounded quite sincere)
* Amazing
* Pretty good
My first tomato split after I picked it. [Edit: Probably because it was so hard to pick that it burst the skin. Using scissors is a great way to avoid this.] It should be noted that I grew it with black plastic and I only watered it a few times (the weather has been arid and about 100° F. every day for a while). It was obviously pink (my first ripe pink tomato), and this particular fruit was shaded by foliage and an 18-gallon moving tote. So, I imagine a sun-ripened one could taste even better.
It had a bit of that taste/smell that I think is characteristic of Brandywine, but it has its own taste, IMO. It had good texture and was juicy at the same time. I still haven't tasted a tomato that I know with 100% certainly is Brandywine, but I've tasted some that were likely Brandywine, and I've tasted tomatoes that are supposed to taste like it. My Brandy Boy fruit wasn't mealy at all (the Brandywine types I've grown before were usually mealy in my garden, but I don't think that's how they usually are for people).
This seems to be a heat-tolerant variety, since it's setting fruit (even more earnestly now than it was when it was cooler). I definitely plan to grow it again next year (hopefully multiple plants).
Here are some pictures that I took of the fruit, today (they're all of the same fruit):
