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**Tom Wagner** · September 28, 2007

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Been too busy extracting seed from potato berries and harvesting tubers to post lately, but here goes:

Pictured in a variety of potato that I bred up (Nordic October) and am certifying the variety for replanting as nuclear certified seed potatoes.

Note the berries and true seed. There is enough seed here to plant an acre of transplants. Nearly 100% of the progeny will be red unless the neighboring variety (Lumpers) was able to transfer pollen by insects, etc.

Nordic October;s pedigree includes Red October, Fontenot, NorDonna, and ND2912-2R. I could list dozens of other parental lines but their contribution is much further back in the family tree.

Tom Wagner

September 28, 2007	#1
Tom Wagner Crosstalk™ Forum Moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: 8407 18th Ave West 7-203 Everett, Washington 98204 Posts: 1,157	Potato berries and TPS (true potato seed) DSCN1298.jpg Been too busy extracting seed from potato berries and harvesting tubers to post lately, but here goes: Pictured in a variety of potato that I bred up (Nordic October) and am certifying the variety for replanting as nuclear certified seed potatoes. Note the berries and true seed. There is enough seed here to plant an acre of transplants. Nearly 100% of the progeny will be red unless the neighboring variety (Lumpers) was able to transfer pollen by insects, etc. Nordic October;s pedigree includes Red October, Fontenot, NorDonna, and ND2912-2R. I could list dozens of other parental lines but their contribution is much further back in the family tree. Tom Wagner