RE: Seed Irradiation


Robert,

H. 'Flamboyant' is a streaked breeder that came about from X-ray
treated seeds from a golden seedling  (probably sieboldiana lineage).
That is just about all anyone knows about it because Paul Aden won't
discuss it. It is a very unstable streaked breeder hosta which has
produced a whole slew of stable offspring and unstable breeders.
Here are its named offspring:

H.  Blue Veil  from H.  Flamboyant  Hybrid
H.  Cavalcade  from H.  Flamboyant  Selfed
H.  Crepe Suzette  from H.  Flamboyant  Hybrid
H.  Debutante  from H.  Wahoo  x H.  Flamboyant 
H.  Double Edge  from H.  Flamboyant  x H.  Fascination 
H.  Eleanor Lachman  from (H.  Neat Splash  x H.  Flamboyant ) x H.  Robert 
 Frost 
H.  Fascination  from H.  Flamboyant  x H.  High Fat Cream 
H.  Flow Swirls  from H.  Flamboyant  x H.  High Fat Cream 
H.  Gene Summers  from H.  Flamboyant  x H.  Intrigue 
H.  Halo  from H.  Flamboyant  x H.  Estelle Aden 
H.  Intrigue  from H.  Flamboyant  x H.  High Fat Cream 
H.  Jambaliah  from H.  Flamboyant  x H.  High Fat Cream 
H.  Joyce Trott  from H.  Flamboyant  or H.  Fascination  x H.  Sum and 
Substance 
H.  Lovelight  from H.  Flamboyant  x H.  Banana Sundae 
H.  Mount Tom  from H.  Flamboyant  x H.  Christmas Tree 
H.  Renaissance  from H.  Flamboyant  Mutation
H.  Royal Rainbow  from H.  Bold One  x H.  Flamboyant 
H.  Sailor s Warning  from H.  Flamboyant  Hybrid
H.  Shade Fanfare  from H.  Flamboyant  Mutation
H.  Verna Jean  from H.  Flamboyant  Selfed
H.  Vicki Aden  from H.  Flamboyant  Hybrid
H.  White Colossus  from H.  Bold One  x H.  Flamboyant 
H.  White Magic  from H.  White Christmas  x H.  Flamboyant 
H.  Whoopee  from H.  Flamboyant  x H.  Fascination 
H.  Yellow Bird  from H.  High Fat Cream  x H.  Flamboyant 

I acquired it this spring and am looking forward to using it.

Thanks!

Norm Lesch
Manchester, MD

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From: Robert Stine
To: hosta-open@mallorn.com
Subject: Seed Irradiation
Date: Tuesday, August 11, 1998 3:23PM

I have a  Uncle by way of marriage to my wife who is a Agronomist he has
been involved in all sorts of  grass and grain seed mutating activities
through USDA and  major universities. What I understand is,  he was
using controlled  radiation on different grass and grain  seeds to
develop a strain or variety that may be more productive or drought
tolerant and/or many other specifics........ I have spoke with him about
what effects it would have on Hosta and he does not have any
information. My question  is has any of you/us tried any radiation or
chemical treatments to Hosta seed or even plants, if so do you mind
sharing your experience? I have some Sum and Substance  seed that I had
a dentist friend expose to   70 KVP @7MA for 180 seconds . I am really
curious if I will see any interesting seedling from this small dose of
radiation.My Uncle told me when they irradiate wheat seeds they do large
batches for hours at a MUCH HIGHER rate than I can get access to.
Robert Stine
USDA Zone 6
rstine@ioa.com

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