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Re: Will it work for survival?

> There is one more issue to be considered when using hybrids:  Some
> qualities can be lost when saving seeds.  You may get another plant that's
> totally different from the one the seed came from.

Oh, yes, absolutely - I'd never consider trying to save seeds from a
hybrid, unless I were trying to do plant breeding. (I am actually
thinking about doing exactly that with my Sungold tomatoes, just to see
what I get.)

> There are hybrid beans.  One of the most recent is a cross between Blue
> Lake and Kentucky Wonder.  I believe it's name is Blue Wonder.  Supposed
> to include the best qualities of both varieties.

I'd be *really* surprised to find that someone was selling hybrid bean
seed - bean crosses, from all that I've read, seem much too labor
intensive to do the enormous number that would be required.

I think that you and I are probably using a different definition of
hybrid. When I say "hybrid" I'm talking about the first generation after
a cross between two varieties - the thing that the catalogs call "F1".
I'd guess that the Blue Wonder beans are the product of a cross, grown
out for a number of generations until they breed true. I'd call those
open pollinated, even though they're relatively brand new.

Martha
mart@best.com

M. Wilson
mart@best.com

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