Yellow Brandywine
Heirloom tomato · Solanum lycopersicum
- Breeding
- Heirloom
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate
- Days to maturity
- 85-95 days
- Fruit
- yellow, beefsteak
- Weight
- 12-24 oz
- Bred by
- -
Commonly confused with
These are different varieties. A name shared between them does not make them the same seed.
- different variety
Brandywine
A distinct potato-leaf yellow-orange beefsteak, not the pink Brandywine.
Origin & history
A potato-leaf yellow-orange beefsteak in the Brandywine family, distributed through Seed Savers Exchange from the collection of Charles Knoy of Indiana. Late, large, and richly flavored.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 85-95 days | Consensus range across the cited sources, which include both independent references and commercial catalogs. |
| Fruit weight | 12-24 oz | Typical range for the cultivar, as a consensus across the cited sources. Not a measured mean from any single crop: fruit weight varies with season, spacing and where on the plant the fruit set. |
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
Aunt Gertie's Gold
80-85 days · Indeterminate
- heirloom
Lillian's Yellow Heirloom
85-95 days · Indeterminate
- heirloom
Aker's West Virginia
80-85 days · Indeterminate
- heirloom
Aunt Ginny's Purple
78-85 days · Indeterminate
- heirloom
Aunt Ruby's German Green
80-85 days · Indeterminate
- open-pollinated
Beefsteak
85-90 days · Indeterminate
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Sources & References
Evidence: 2 sources, all commercial catalogs. No independent reference documents this variety yet.
- Seed Savers Exchange catalog & variety histories · Seed Savers Exchange, Community Collection
- Victory Seeds variety histories · Victory Seed Company, Seed Catalog