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Old August 29, 2013   #16
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I finally got a huge tomato to ripen and it was wonderful! I thought it had a lovely taste, but then I mixed it into my pot of sauce as I needed more tomatoes to finish my recipe. It did remind me of a brandywine tomato (though i havent grown one in awhile because they take Forever to ripen here for me!)
I have a few more ripening so i will try them on a bagel cream cheese sandwich (my ultimate tomato test).
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Old September 24, 2013   #17
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For us, SNFLA turned out to be mediocre. The tomato lacked sweetness, was a bit sour and generally bland tasting. The flavour did not improve later in the season.
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Old September 24, 2013   #18
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After many years of trialing SNFLA, I've finally had mixed results. The early tomatoes were great. Then after three rain storms in one week the next batch to ripen were almost bland, interiors were mushy and also had puffiness. The late ones returned to having great flavor.

This tomato should not taste sweet. In ideal growing conditions, it, for me, is firm, with a rich tangy flavor. No sweetness, and no tartness.

Filling in the history, thanks to Neil Gillard from Ontario ("retiree" here at T'ville) who saw the J.O. initials and suspected it was Jason Olson from Kansas. He contacted Jason and confirmed that seeds were sent to David Lemasters, and then David sent them to me. Jason's original source was Heirloom Seeds. He still has his original seed pack (Red Brandywine) from 1999.

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Old September 25, 2013   #19
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Sampled only once, and it had the old fashioned taste to me. Most of my crop gets processed into tomato sauce and frozen, which means dh throws all the tomatoes in a bucket and I can't tell them apart, so I didn't compare flavors at different stages. Very good producer throughout the entire season for me. Excellent actually. Had no trouble ripening, but the shoulders did remain bright green. Did not split or puff after recent heavy , rainfall. Saved seeds for next season.
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Old September 25, 2013   #20
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This tomato should not taste sweet. In ideal growing conditions, it, for me, is firm, with a rich tangy flavor. No sweetness, and no tartness.
Gary
Maybe we're both describing the same tomato!
Yes, agreed, SNFLA is not sweet at all. But I thought tangy = tart = acidic = old fashion = bite = zippy = sour. I could be wrong.

How do people define these terms which, for me, are all synonyms?

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Old September 26, 2013   #21
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For me when it matures fully, as shown in my photos above, it no longer has the green shoulders. I thought it had a good balance of flavor but I would not call it particularly acidic nor particularly sweet. For reference it was definitely less sour/zippy than Rutgers, a popular benchmarker. Its productivity and disease resistance during a mediocre growing season really makes it a standout for me.

Though I would agree with Tormato that the tomatoes produced during the wettest part of the summer were bland, and had some cracking issues, but those produced during moderate watering were very good, particularly given its other characteristics. In a summer in which my Cherokee Purple, KBX, and Gold Medal all just sat there and did nothing, each producing only about four tomatoes by this point, I have harvested well over a dozen SNFLA each in the 16-20 oz range. Its neighboring plants are now heavily under the spell of septoria, and it still has very few spots on it. So far this is the only one I am certainly growing again next year.
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Old September 27, 2013   #22
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After many years of trialing SNFLA, I've finally had mixed results. The early tomatoes were great. Then after three rain storms in one week the next batch to ripen were almost bland, interiors were mushy and also had puffiness. The late ones returned to having great flavor.

This tomato should not taste sweet. In ideal growing conditions, it, for me, is firm, with a rich tangy flavor. No sweetness, and no tartness.

Filling in the history, thanks to Neil Gillard from Ontario ("retiree" here at T'ville) who saw the J.O. initials and suspected it was Jason Olson from Kansas. He contacted Jason and confirmed that seeds were sent to David Lemasters, and then David sent them to me. Jason's original source was Heirloom Seeds. He still has his original seed pack (Red Brandywine) from 1999.

Gary
So, SNFLA is actually Red Brandywine, or did I misunderstand?

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Old September 30, 2013   #23
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So, SNFLA is actually Red Brandywine, or did I misunderstand?

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Marsha,

SNFLA is a pink tomato. It showed up in my garden, from a seed out of a pack labeled as Red Brandywine. Red Brandywine it is not.

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Marsha,

SNFLA is a pink tomato. It showed up in my garden, from a seed out of a pack labeled as Red Brandywine. Red Brandywine it is not.

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Thanks Gary,
Glad to hear that, because I am growing it now. Also growing Red Brandywine.

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Thanks Gary,
Glad to hear that, because I am growing it now. Also growing Red Brandywine.

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You're growing Red Brandywine, as long as it's not '99 seed from Jason.
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Old October 1, 2013   #26
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You're growing Red Brandywine, as long as it's not '99 seed from Jason.
Especially with bought seeds.
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who is Jason?

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who is Jason?

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See thread #22. Jason Olson from Kansas.

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Old December 19, 2013   #29
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Just harvested my first one and ate it. The flavor, and texture is over the top! Thank you for these seeds, Dr. Love Apple.

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Sorry to be late to the party.

I grew this one last season here in the Philippines.I don't document the tomatoes I grow as well as perhaps I should,but I liked this tomato.It wasn't the most flavorful,but it had pretty darn good flavor and yielded well for me here.This is one that I will grow every year,as I do like it very much.A hearty "Thank You" to the kind member who shared these with me.

BTW:There was no stitching present.
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