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Old May 27, 2018   #32
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Couple pics today to update the early fruit shapes.
Three of six Whiskeyjacks have earlier and bigger (= earlier) fruit happening. Two of them have delightful shaped chubby hearts. However, as it turns out, the larger and nicely shaped fruit in the pictures are actually the second fruits set. The first one, from the twisty blooms, have obviously not pollinated evenly and are misshapen, with fruit getting larger only on one side. Interesting that both plants put more into growing the second fruit, which are more than twice the size.
Third pic is the other early fruiter, with a blunt and wierdly shaped double fruit.
The other plants have much smaller fruit - two of them have barely pea sized fruits.
So all key fruit things being equal, (taste, sweetness and texture), the first plant with most fruit set in the first cluster will likely be my selection for F4.
It is disappointing that the first fruits were not perfect and catface free, but I'm happy that they did endure (are still enduring!) some extreme early spring conditions and seizing the opportunities to set fruit asap.
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