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Originally Posted by fortyonenorth
Derek Fell is an ornamental guy for the most part. I suspect that for a large majority of the gardening public these varieties are close enough to be considered the "same." But, as the saying goes, "close" only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.
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Which is why I made the comment to Earl about Fell in my above post.
Craig, no doubt DNA sequencing would show a large degree concordance between varieties but I'm sure also some differences. And you've pointed out the same ones I would have in terms of some differences.
Some are family heirlooms and came from spcific places and it's hard for me to assume that Dorothy Beiswinger's Big Rainbow might be the same as perhaps Burracker's Favorite, to give one example. And then there are those that arose by cross pollination and are more recent such as your two Luckies as well as the Pesta one.
BTW, it's Selwyn Yellow, not Selwin, I just couldn't help myself.
