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Old February 11, 2012   #8
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Originally Posted by livinonfaith View Post
My question has to do with the statement, "but as you know once a variety has been grown for 8 growing seasons it officially becomes a new variety of tomato."
I imagine Penny was referring to the number of generations to take a variety from f1 to stable OP. I don't know if 8 generations is a hard and fast rule, but it sounds about right.
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