Re: Deadlyish nightshades (was Re: A Potato Question)

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• Subject: Re: Deadlyish nightshades (was Re: A Potato Question)
• From: B* D* <T*@theimagemill.com>
• Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 16:51:04 -0400
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At 07:42 AM 8/12/98 -0700, you wrote:
>If no one wants the fruits of their potato plants, I'd be glad to take 
>them for the seed they contain.  I've grown potato seedlings before and 
>while most of them are worthless, they are a fascinating experiment in 
>how much a given progeny can vary.  Remember, Luther Burbank selected 
>the Russet Burbank potato from a small group of seedlings of Early Rose 
>potato.  I've gotten some that were different enough to be worth growing 
>as ornamentals. 

	So, what I am wondering now is... do the seeds of potatoes grown from seed
vary as widely as the seeds of potatoes grown from tubers?
	Since I am guessing that the variation comes from the fact that the potato
tuber is a direct clone of a hybrid, and the seed is not, then I am also
guessing that the second generation would not vary as much, if at all.
	But if I am right, where are all the direct seeded varieties of potato?
	BTW, I must have missed some of the tubers when I harvested my potatoes, I
just noticed a few sprouts in what was supposed to be a vacant bed....

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