Adding a pic of one of the Tipsy family (Golden Dwarf Champion X Elbe) varieties for some of the above folks to speculate re lycopenes and carotenoids. It’s a pale orange coloured variety named Dwarf Orange Cream. BTW Tipsy F1 was red.
The progeny of this cross also includes a strong orange - Dwarf Blazing Beauty, 2 yellows - Banksia Queen and Dwarf Golden Gypsy, and a red variety - Sweet Scarlet Dwarf.
Patrina
PS. Sorry about the large pic, haven’t worked out how to resize pics taken on my phone yet ��
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Truth is colourful, not just black and white. PP: 2005
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