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July 3, 2016 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Minnesota
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An unusual F2
Last summer I crossed a large striped saladette with an F2 selection from the great orange grape hybrid Zima. This winter the F1 was, as expected, a smallish red cherry. I transplanted 18 F2 progeny as part of a Wisconsin breeding nursery on May 22 and I was back to check on them June 27. This fruit was the earliest in the whole nursery and by far the largest fruited of the 18 F2 progeny - it also luckily got two doses of the gs allele. The size of this F2 fruit is at least as large as the larger fruited parent - unusual; and the largest fruited sergeant was also the earliest - also unusual. Taste is excellent, but so it was for each of the parents.
Last edited by frogsleap farm; July 3, 2016 at 09:26 AM. Reason: spelling error |
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