OTV Brandywine
Open-pollinated tomato · Solanum lycopersicum
- Breeding
- Open-pollinated
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate
- Days to maturity
- 80-85 days
- Fruit
- orange, beefsteak
- Weight
- -
- Bred by
- -
Commonly confused with
These are different varieties. A name shared between them does not make them the same seed.
- different variety
Brandywine
OTV is a stabilised chance cross found in a trial garden, not the original Brandywine.
Origin & history
A chance Brandywine cross found in an Off The Vine trial garden and stabilized by Craig LeHoullier and Carolyn Male, giving reddish-orange fruit that sets far more reliably in heat than its parent.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 80-85 days | Consensus range across the cited sources, which include both independent references and commercial catalogs. |
Traits
Disease resistance
No documented disease resistance, typical of heirlooms and older open-pollinated varieties. See tomato diseases for the cultural playbook that fills the gap.
Related varieties
- heirloom
Dr. Wyche's Yellow
80-85 days · Indeterminate
- heirloom
Kellogg's Breakfast
80-90 days · Indeterminate
- heirloom
Persimmon
80-90 days · Indeterminate
- heirloom
Aker's West Virginia
80-85 days · Indeterminate
- heirloom
Aunt Gertie's Gold
80-85 days · Indeterminate
- heirloom
Aunt Ginny's Purple
78-85 days · Indeterminate
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Sources & References
Evidence: 2 sources, all commercial catalogs. No independent reference documents this variety yet.
- Victory Seeds variety histories · Victory Seed Company, Seed Catalog
- Seed Savers Exchange catalog & variety histories · Seed Savers Exchange, Community Collection