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From:
i*@hosta-holic.freeserve.co.uk
To: hosta-open@mallorn.com
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 6:08
AM
Subject: Korean Snow
Does anyone out there have any experience of breeding with
Korean Snow?
I was talking with Mike Shadrack, and discovered that both
of us have used it as a pod parent, and neither of us have any obviously
streaked seedlings to show for our efforts. Mine were sown in
mid-January, and there was reasonable germination, and the seedlings are now
at the two leaf stage under 24 hr. lights.
It occurred to me that:-
a) the potentially streaked seed might have a
shorter viability.
b) the variegation might not as yet be evident,
being of a misty nature.
My pollen parents include a late flowering Dorothy
Benedict. The seed was frozen during the interval between collection
and sowing
Mike also commented that he had poor results generally
this season for streaked seedlings, including
normally successful breeders like Christmas Tree Gala. My results
have also been below average with the notable exception of a streaked
nigrescens elatior, which has produced an above average percentage of
variegated offspring.
Ian Chrystal
i*@hosta-holic.freeserve.co.uk
