Marlynn Marcks wrote: > Brandywine is very shy in bearing, misshappen, and late. In addition, > to me it tastes like it is about to rot and has the slight aftertaste of > garbage. It is also a little mushy. Several writers asked me why I (and my wife, by the way) didn't like Brandywine. I can't put it any better than Marlyn has. Interestingly, it proved more resistant to early blight than the hybrids. Not very scientific .. I only had one of them.