No. 100 · heirloom
Yellow Brandywine
Yellow Brandywine is an indeterminate heirloom beefsteak with deep golden yellow, large and slightly ribbed fruit. It ripens in about 80 days.
Typebeefsteak
Habitindeterminate
Days to maturity80
Fruit size16 to 32 oz
Colordeep golden yellow, large and slightly ribbed
Difficultychallenging
Flavor
Described as exceptionally rich, sweet, and fruity with low acidity, a golden counterpart to the famous pink Brandywine. This is the recurring catalog and grower description, not a measured claim.
Origin
A golden-yellow potato-leaf beefsteak in the Brandywine family, celebrated for rich, sweet, low-acid flavor.
What it does well
- Large, intensely flavored golden beefsteak
- Potato-leaf plant
- Rich, sweet, low-acid flavor
Where it frustrates
- Late and lower yielding, like the pink Brandywine
- Big soft fruit can crack and catface
- Tall vines need strong support
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Where to buy seed
Sources
- Yellow Brandywine Tomato · John Scheepers Kitchen Garden Seeds
- Yellow Brandywine Organic Tomato Seeds · True Leaf Market