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Old July 24, 2018   #15
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Thanks everyone.

Lee, I am not following. Wouldn't all the leaves be RL regardless of which was the mother since the OJ is RL and is dominant?
Yes, that is true. But if you saved seed from a plant that is PL, and you get RL seedlings, you know the cross took at the seedling stage.

If you save seed from a plant that is already RL, you don't know if the cross took until much later after fruit has set or even ripened....

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