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Saturday, May 15, 2021 jimp Allentown, PA

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Nature taking its course: the 2015 and 1464 growing at a moderate clip. Big pretty leaves on the 2015 BUT discovered the underside of the 2015 stem has split longitudinally for at least 2” and maybe 3” with a 30 degree twist. Nuts. I’ve heard of flat main stems delivering big fruits, but certainly disappointed. I had it supported with an angular piece of Styrofoam so just this didn’t happen. Planted a back up 2-week old 1632 Steltz ‘17(1803 Steltz x 2143 McMullen) next to it – only 6” of plant – As if there wasn’t enough to make me unhappy for the past year. Gotta be tough to play this sport.
 



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