Some of Anne's 9a Garden 5-1-13

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Hi,

I don't want to hijack other's treads entirely <g> and because I have so many photos, I thought I'd start a separate thread.

I'm attaching some photos of some of my plants that have set fruit. I think they're sort of interesting - esp. comparing all the hybrids, some of which others are growing as well as the goose creek that I know alot of people are growing. As I've mentioned elsewhere, I've been using mainly grandeur, katana, and sometimes momotaro for my rootstocks in grafting.

The first group of photos is from the "hybid section" of the garden with Dona F1 and then the 4 Japanese hybrids in order: Grandeur, Katana, Momotaro, and Odoriko. Following the individual photos is a group photo of the 5 of them.

I've also got a photo of my PL Brandwine OTV, that has my largest tomato so far - 3-1/2", a group of the PL Lucky Cross and KBX with their grafts which, for some reason (guess cuz they're so "big and strapping" LOL!), I think of as "the boys."

I took a photo of my Santa Clara Canner on Momotaro because I had a photo in the grafting thread of the ungrafted version. And I've got a photo of my goose creek (pink version).

And, finally, I have an overview of the east end of my garden where you can sort of make out 3 rows. In the foreground are the hillbillies and then "the boys." The middle row is the 5 hybrids, then an ungrafted goose creek and 2 OTVs (RL and PL) and 2 Purple Dog Creeks (RL and PL). None of the tomatoes in this row happen to be grafted. In the very back row, if you can make it out, are a Dr Lyle I'm growing to 3 stems, then "the wispys" - Wolford Wonder, Wes, and Prue with their grafts, followed by the SCCs.

I'm really happy with the fruitset I'm getting and attribute it to the use of the toothbrush to help with the pollinization.

Anne