AR: Quarterbreds as Parents
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- Subject: AR: Quarterbreds as Parents
- From: S* M* <7*@compuserve.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 01:16:06 -0400
Message text written by Bill Shear:
>
Finally a question I am sure Sharon can answer--besides ARIL LADY, what
fertile quarterbreds have been used in further breeding? Are there many of
them?<
Yes -- so many that the rules were changed to disallow registration of
anything less than 1/4 aril as an arilbred.
Quarterbreds as a class have been described as both relatively infertile
and partially fertile. That's viewing the glass as half-empty or half-
full. Used with either TBs or halfbreds, they rarely produce more that
half-a-dozen seeds per pod, one or two offspring that survive to bloom size
-- but that was enough to interest hybridizers in the days before fully
fertile halfbreds were widely available. Some of the historic quarterbreds
with registered offspring:
AMERICAN MODERN
BLUE OX
BUTTERFLY WINGS [quite prolific]
ELMOHR [quite prolific]
FARCROSS
GRACE MOHR
HEIGHO
LADY MOHR [quite prolific]
MOHR MAJESTY
MOHRSON
MOONCHILD
N. J. THOMAS
ORMOHR [quite prolific]
PINEAPPLE SHERBERT
PURRISIMOHR
After the quantum system was adopted, there was no longer any point in
crossing quarterbreds with TBs, but many continued to use them with
halfbreds in quest of something that would compete with quarterbreds but
have more aril traits than the typical quarterbred. Many have been used a
few times, but four immediately come to mind as especially prolific:
BLUE GATE
GENETIC BURST
JOINT VENTURE
LP-62-126 [a Peterson seedling that shows up in a number of pedigrees]
Some justifiably consider work with quarterbreds a waste of time, because
they don't fit into the conventional program. They prefer the easier path
of working within the fertile family of halfbreds -- more seedlings, more
predictable results.
My own philosophy is "nothing ventured, nothing gained." A quarterbred
with traits worth passing on is certainly worth crossing and I've found
them especially useful with tetraploid arils.
If you enjoy exploring the unknown, don't be discouraged by the naysayers
-- as long as you understand that you're choosing the path less traveled
you can be open to fascinating discoveries along the way!
Sharon McAllister
73372.1745@compuserve.com
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