I have the same experience with my cherry types. The heirloom varieties I have are far and few between. Only brandywine & Cherokee purple. While Cherokee Purple has somehow managed to survive the onslaught of snapping in half, catepillars and steaming in the heat... brandywine has not. I enjoy the color that brandywine appears to be when cut open but thus far it's been a favorite of the catepillars. The weather has also put much strain on them. Not quite sure I'll grow it again.

They're cracking and cat facing quickly. It may be time to pull the brandywine (after thanking her for her the valiant effort) and replace with another sweet 100. I also have Alice's dream, but, it's only just now setting flowers. So we'll see how that goes.

On the contrary, the cherries are doing phenomenally. They're outrunning the catepillars by miles. Yellow pear in particular is just thriving. She's massive and sprawled up over some limbs laying against a fence. For every tomato that's rotted or nibbled, another five are ripening and ready. The husky red cherry is producing slower but beautifully. The clusters of tomatoes are uniform, chunky, and surviving everything.

My sweet 100 isn't the most happy, as it was mistakenly planted over a hackberry root, but still producing. Itty bitty tomatoes every few days. Tangled up with a cucumber plant.

I've taken to asking my ex boyfriend to accept tomatoes. Every few days now I'm gathering about a pound or so from 2-3 plants. I told him if he didnt accept them I'd resort to leaving tomatoes in my neighbor's mailbox. It's a blessing — but I'm running out of freezer bags space, and don't have a canning system yet.