Today's harvest includes 26 Snow White, 16 Black Cherry, 15 Red Currant, 11 back yard Husky Cherry Red, 10 front yard Husky Cherry Red, 6 Jaune Flamme, 5 Super Snow White, 3 front yard Green Grape, 3 Oaxacan Jewel(2), 3 Green Zebra(1), 3 Green Zebra(2), 3 White Zebra, 3 Sweet 100, 3 Japanese Black Trifele, 2 Red Grape, 2 White Currant, 2 Babywine, 2 Jaune Coeur de Pigeon, a front yard Speckled Roman, Mong, a front yard Garden Peach, Italian Ice, a back yard Mexico (20 ounces), a back yard Green Grape, Paul Robeson and Tiger Paw for a total of 126 tomatoes.
The Mexico was a bit of a surprise – it was the most ripe of any back yard Mexico harvested to date.
The front yard Husky Cherry Red reached over 100 tomatoes (101). The back yard Green Grape reached 100 yesterday and is now at 101. White Currant has tied the highest harvest prior to this year at 315 harvested tomatoes.
It's becoming increasingly difficult to harvest the front yard Green Grape and the Jaune Coeur de Pigeon. The Snow White is so big that it completely drapes the Green Grape and is starting to drape Jaune Coeur de Pigeon. Because the tomato plants are old, picking up the branches (to look underneath) causes them to crack. In spite of the numbers it's actually becoming more difficult to harvest Snow White as well. I can't get underneath the plant without causing damage.
I'm also seeing more caterpillar droppings around the plants. The latest pile I saw is on the south end of the back yard Husky Cherry Red plant. I also saw a bit of plant damage as there are a few leaves eaten. However, I have yet to see a caterpillar this year. It's just tangential damage compared to the natural aging of the tomato plants, but still I don't want caterpillars on my tomato plants!
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