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Brandywine Tomato
Brandywine Tomato
Solanum lycopersicum
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Annual
Size
Medium
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
South America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Common

About

Brandywine is a beefsteak-type heirloom tomato dating to the late 1800s, prized for its large pinkish-red fruit, potato-leaf foliage, and rich, sweet-tart flavor. Unlike most modern hybrids it is an open-pollinated variety, so seeds saved from its fruit grow true to type year after year.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Solanales
Family
Solanaceae
Genus
Solanum
Species
Solanum lycopersicum