{"id":3027,"date":"2026-09-19T17:06:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T17:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=3027"},"modified":"2026-09-19T17:07:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T17:07:31","slug":"pink-brandywine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/pink-brandywine\/","title":{"rendered":"Pink Brandywine (Sudduth&#8217;s Strain) Tomato Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-auto kksr-align-left kksr-valign-top\"\n    data-payload='{&quot;align&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;3027&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;valign&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;ignore&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;reference&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;count&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;legendonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;readonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;score&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;starsonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;best&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;gap&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;greet&quot;:&quot;Share your rating&quot;,&quot;legend&quot;:&quot;0\\\/5 - (0 votes)&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Pink Brandywine (Sudduth\\u0026#039;s Strain) Tomato Review&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;_legend&quot;:&quot;{score}\\\/{best} - ({count} {votes})&quot;,&quot;font_factor&quot;:&quot;1.25&quot;}'>\n            \n<div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 0px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                \n\n<div class=\"kksr-legend\" style=\"font-size: 19.2px;\">\n            <span class=\"kksr-muted\">Share your rating<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"tldr-box\" style=\"background: #f4f9f4; padding: 20px; border-left: 5px solid #4CAF50; margin-bottom: 30px; border-radius: 4px;\">\n<h3>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): Pink Brandywine<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> The undisputed king of American heirlooms. Legendary Amish origins, with the <em>Sudduth&#8217;s Strain<\/em> being widely considered the original, purest, and best-tasting lineage.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Indeterminate, vigorous vines. It has classic, robust Potato Leaf (PL) foliage. Typically performs much better and more reliably in greenhouses\/hoophouses in cooler climates.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Large, oblate beefsteaks. The color is often described by growers as a stunning &#8220;pearlescent pink.&#8221; <strong>Warning:<\/strong> They are prone to cracking and splitting if overwatered or exposed to heavy rains just before harvest.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor:<\/strong> The gold standard. Meaty, juicy, perfectly balanced sweet-and-sour flavor with that distinct, complex, slightly spicy\/earthy Brandywine aftertaste.<\/li>\n<li>\u23f3 <strong>Maturity &amp; Yield:<\/strong> Mid to mid-late season. Unlike some finicky Brandywine strains, Russian growers report surprisingly good yields and excellent heat tolerance during fruit set.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"add-review-cta\" style=\"margin: 20px 0; padding: 15px; background: #f9f9f9; border-left: 4px solid #4CAF50; border-radius: 4px;\"><strong>\ud83c\udf45 Grown this variety?<\/strong> <a href=\"#wpdcom\">Click here to add your own photos and review below!<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">B<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">borchanochka (Polina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (9,895 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Bor, Nizhny Novgorod Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Indeterminate, medium-vigor bush, quite leafy, with Potato Leaf (PL) foliage. Maturity is mid-season leaning towards mid-late.<\/p>\n<p>The fruits are round\/oblate, smooth, and a beautiful pearlescent-pink color. Very meaty and juicy. The flavor is a great sweet-and-sour balance with that signature spicy\/earthy aftertaste characteristic of Brandywines. Highly aromatic.<\/p>\n<p>It sets fruit quite well in the heat, is resistant to diseases (the crud), and the yield for me was slightly above average.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/148\/2191-051016164158.jpeg\" alt=\"Pink Brandywine tomatoes growing on a PL vine\" width=\"562\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">I<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">ilja (Ilya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (758 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Klin District, Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>My Pink Brandywine grew in the hoophouse. Reached over 2 meters (6.5 ft) in height. Had Potato Leaf (PL) foliage, and the yield was genuinely good.<\/p>\n<p>The fruits are incredibly meaty, delicious, with a very pleasant acidic tang to balance the sweetness. However, they are definitely prone to cracking if you overwater them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/65337_b572ad28c69e119f62abb80280915bb3f0817a53.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/65337_b572ad28c69e119f62abb80280915bb3f0817a53.jpg\" alt=\"Large Pink Brandywine tomato on a scale\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/65339_2f9d291d3ebd44a97b058af6718242568e5c9661.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/65339_2f9d291d3ebd44a97b058af6718242568e5c9661.jpg\" alt=\"Sliced Pink Brandywine tomato on a plate\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/65341_cbb107328990aab811bbeac7820998960d0d4065.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/65341_cbb107328990aab811bbeac7820998960d0d4065.jpg\" alt=\"Meaty cross section of a Pink Brandywine\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">S<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Sanka (Alexandra) <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83c\udf3f Beginner (36 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Mine also grew in the greenhouse. Unfortunately, in early August, the plant was snapped in half by hurricane-force winds.<\/p>\n<p>Potato leaves, a very thick\/powerful main stem. I pruned it to 2 leaders. Before it broke, it managed to swell up 7 trusses, with each truss holding 5-7 tomatoes of varying sizes (from large ones around 350-400g \/ 12-14 oz down to smaller 100g \/ 3.5 oz ones).<\/p>\n<p>The color is exactly as described\u2014a beautiful pearlescent pink. Even when they are unripe, they have this light green color with a distinct pearl sheen to them. Surprisingly, it was one of my earliest to ripen, and very tasty.<\/p>\n<p>I noticed an interesting quirk: while the fruits are small, they are heavily ribbed, but as they size up and swell, they push out and become much smoother and nicely shaped.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">T<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Tatiana Kemerovo (Tatiana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,694 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kemerovo, Siberia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I grew Pink Brandywine this year, specifically the <strong>Sudduth&#8217;s strain<\/strong>. Loved it. Delicious, juicy, and produced a good yield.<\/p>\n<p>It handled the abnormal heatwave of 2017 incredibly well during its fruit-setting period. Grown in my polycarbonate greenhouse.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/194\/13391-280917020555.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/194\/thumb_13391-280917020555.jpeg\" alt=\"Sudduths strain Pink Brandywine tomato\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/194\/13391-280917020708.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/194\/thumb_13391-280917020708.jpeg\" alt=\"Large Pink Brandywine beefsteak on a scale\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): Pink Brandywine \ud83c\udf0d Origin: The undisputed king of American heirlooms. Legendary Amish origins, with the Sudduth&#8217;s Strain being widely considered the original, purest, and best-tasting lineage. \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit: Indeterminate, vigorous vines. It has classic, robust Potato Leaf (PL) foliage. Typically performs much better and more reliably in greenhouses\/hoophouses in cooler &#8230; <a title=\"Pink Brandywine (Sudduth&#8217;s Strain) Tomato Review\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/pink-brandywine\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Pink Brandywine (Sudduth&#8217;s Strain) Tomato Review\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,1,94,211],"tags":[72,200,30,804,28],"class_list":["post-3027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pink-tomatoes","category-beefsteak-large-slicers","category-heirloom-other","category-ribbed-tomatoes","tag-greenhouse-tomato","tag-heat-tolerant","tag-heavy-yielder","tag-pearlescent-pink","tag-potato-leaf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3027"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3029,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3027\/revisions\/3029"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}