Black Brandywine Tomato

[SprigOfTheLivingDead]

So I'm growing a Black Brandywine for the first time this year. I've picked a few already and enjoyed their amazing flavor, but I'm curious at what point

This

Really ripens into this

-bakers creek

Don't worry, I'm not picking that yet, it's just an example. The flesh on the bottom will turn a deep red while the top is still green. The taste of the red flesh is great, but I imagine it is even more pronounced when it hits the next stage.

Thoughts?

 

[journey11]

I am still waiting on mine to ripen. I'm dying to taste them.

I agree yours could still go a little longer. Maybe it will turn out like Black Krim, where the green shoulders are actually fully ripened and only affect the appearance of the skin layer. Let's hope so.

 

[SprigOfTheLivingDead]

I am still waiting on mine to ripen. I'm dying to taste them.

I agree yours could still go a little longer. Maybe it will turn out like Black Krim, where the green shoulders are actually fully ripened and only affect the appearance of the skin layer. Let's hope so.

I've already eaten a few that were more ripe than this (just a little green up top) and they were great, but by that point the bottom red was VERY juicy. That wine taste is prominent

And to be clear: the green is not just an appearance, it's tough.

 

[journey11]

Yeah, I hate that when you lose so much of a tomato cutting off the green shoulders. I'll let you know how mine turn out too. Just the word "brandywine" makes me drool. LOL

 

[PhilaGardener]

Patience!

They do get riper but in my garden I have to pick and finish them indoors or the birds would enjoy them first!

 

[seedcorn]

I'm sorry, that color is just wrong....

 

[journey11]

Pretty 'maters you've got there, @PhilaGardener !
Excuse me, gotta go get a papertowel to clean the slobber off of my screen...

 

[PhilaGardener]

It's my first year growing this variety, so I can only go by the label they came with. Great color, excellent taste and distinct from anything else I have grown.

If anyone would like some seed (saved from the fruit in the picture) just send me a PM and we will work something out.

 

[Smiles Jr.]

Maybe I'm an old fuddydud but, to me, tomatoes are supposed to be bright red. I have grown several kinds of the dark varieties over the years and I have totally abandoned all of them.

 

[PhilaGardener]

Sure, something for all tastes! Here is Chalk's Early Jewel.

This is a local (to me, originating in nearby Norristown PA) heirloom that was very popular around the turn of the 20th Century and one I am glad to preserve (and share!) to help keep it going for the next hundred years. It is a great grower and quite productive.