📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR)
- 🌍 Origin: A fantastic heirloom cross with a stellar lineage. One of its parent varieties is the legendary Brandywine (Sudduth’s Strain), known worldwide for its premier flavor. It is documented in Tatiana’s TOMATObase.
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate, mid-season. Features attractive Potato Leaf (PL) foliage. Grows very well under the protection of a greenhouse in cooler northern climates.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Stunningly colored “black-pink” (dark mahogany/purple) beefsteaks. The texture offers the best of both worlds: highly meaty yet wonderfully juicy.
- 👅 Flavor: Inheriting the best from its Brandywine parent, the taste is perfectly balanced but leans distinctly towards a rich, dominant sweetness. Highly rated as a fresh eating/salad tomato.
- ⏳ Yield & Climate: Produces slightly above-average yields.
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An indeterminate, mid-season salad variety. The leaf type is potato (PL). The fruits have a rich, deep color—beautiful black-pink beefsteaks. They are meaty, yet at the same time juicy. The taste is very well-balanced with a dominance of sweetness, simply delicious.
The yield was slightly above average, grew in a greenhouse. One of the parents of this variety is Brandywine Sudduth’s.
