Re:
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From: "Mary Chastain" <mc_hosta@Bellsouth.net>
To: "Hostas" <hostas@hootowlhollow.com>; "Open Hosta"
<hosta-open@mallorn.com>
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 9:23 AM
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Mary
This is not a sport. It is simply a seedling that is demonstrating the
variables it has in it's genes. Later., if for instance. it continues a
general tendancy to make some leaves that are multi colored, you may get a
"side shoot" that ishas a definate ( or more definate ) color arrangemant.
That would be a "sport".
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>
> Sports Addicts,
> I have a question for consideration. In my plant room yesterday I
> discovered a plant that came from a green pod parent and a green pollen
> parent. The first seven leaves on the plant are all green. The eighth
leaf
> on this plant came out with two large streaks of creamy yellow.
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As we know, the pollen parent does not contribute to any streakiness. That
is only the "job" of the pod parent. I believe thare is such a thing as
"spontainous" streakness in a seedling, but I suspect in most cases, there
is some (unseen) instability in the green parent.
Thanks
Ran
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Now if this
> plant develops into a variegated one, is it to be called a sport? At what
> stage of development do we claim sport?
>
> I might add that this is the third plant from this cross that has
developed
> the creamy yellow markings. The first one showed the color at the stage
of
> three leaves.
>
> Mary
>
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> Mary Chastain
> Lakeside Acres
> 8119 Roy Lane
> Ooltewah, TN 37363
> phone 423-238-4534
> http://Gardensights.com/Lakeside
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