Culls

That odd shaped one on the 964 was culled this morning. The second one on the vine is another 3.5 feet out, and looks much better in shape. It was pollinated July 9.

Because the 964 is going to be a later fruit, and the 604 will also be late, I decided to keep the first fruit on the 1092 Martin. This one now has the inside track to become the Eastern Idaho State Fair fruit. I hope I don't split it.

While things are certainly subject to change, this is how things look now: 1092 Martin is a another "wheel" shaped fruit, and it will go to the fair. The 857 is looking like it could become my best ever, and so that one will be held out until the end of the year. The 964 and 604 will each produce an end of year backup.

I sure would like to see us get an extra few weeks of good growing weather this year, to make up for the late arriving summer weather.

As for Elise's plants, she has sets on the 1016 and 1290. They aren't too far out on the vine, but they look good. The 1016 is a very handsome plant, nice leaves, but just slow to grow. Maybe it will be good at growing fruit.