Carolyn - so there really is no such thing as Black Brandywine because of the premature release by an undisciplined seed vendor. There are just various growers who have come up with stable plants that have some lineage to an unstable ancestor. And of those stable varieties, many could have been cross pollenated with yet another variety (assuming that not everyone bags their blossoms).
Craig did not say his stablized plant had the Brandywine shape. Just that they bore medium sized black fruit and he liked the taste.
I did not know Craig usually only grows one plant of each variety in his garden. I saw the thread on his method for mass seed starting (4000 plants!, I am in awe). He must supply a good size network of growers.
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