Last not least, the other plant still leaning against the house began to show signs of determinate growth, very late in the season. I cleared space and brought it indoors. The fruit started to ripen on the vine with the extra warmth, and then I learned that my nemesis, the slugs, had already found and made a home in the container and were brought indoors to the feast.
Still I did manage to snatch a couple to ripen on a plate and save some seeds. What surprised me is the ripe color, very reddish for a full Beta, and really looking the same as the half Beta in the last generation. Is it possible that the determinate was expressed without the Beta linkage? Or that link was broken more easily than expected. If so, I may not get a determinate from Winter Sky at all... and maybe didn't find one because it isn't there... ????
