Re: Re: HYB: Seedlings-Ramblings



On 26 Apr 2002 at 10:44, Linda Mann wrote:

> Interesting walk thru your seedling patch Walta.
> 
> Walter Moores in MS said:
> <Word has abounded in the past on this list about the pod parent
> having more dominant influence on what the progeny will look like.>
> 

   Memories fade and trying to bring something up from the 
archives doesn't always work.  I think I remember well a discussion 
particularly with arilbred pods and quarterbreds.  You want to put 
the non-aril pollen on the arilbred to get the most aril characteristics 
so the flower looks arilish.  Doesn't that carry over to the TBs?  If I 
wanted the banded color from VICTORIA CIRCLE, I  should use 
her as  the pod parent.  Right?


> 
> Walter, is this because you are expecting more height consistency in
> your introductions regardless of the weather than we see in a lot of
> introductions from other regions?  Or have you seen this one bloom in
> limbo height several years now?

    There are runts in every litter.  Seems like I have a knack for 
getting the best flowers on the runts!  Two that I have mentioned 
earlier have been around in their nether world for several seasons 
now.  They weren't affected by the weather.  It will be interesting to 
see these tomorrow in Memphis - if it stops raining.
> 
> I guess I'm asking how many seasons do you give an otherwise good
> seedling before you decide to get rid of it?  Couldn't the unusually
> severe freeze late this spring have caused abnormal stunting?  I'm
> finding myself very tempted to hang on to several siblings from the
> lavender child I've been talking about lately hoping they will be more
> consistent about height in 'normal' weather (which we all know is a
> ridiculous concept....)
> 
   Yes, lots of stuff is out of whack this season.  Some things you 
wouldn't recognize.  OLD MONEY is usually a knock-out but it 
looks like an inferior IB this year.  Rare for haft marks to have so 
much appeal on a flower, and it has been mated with TENDER 
GENDER, similarly marked.  I couldn't get anybody to part with 
LADY WINIFRED BEARDSLEY for this haft-marking project, do 
OM better produce.   GOLD KIST just doesn't grow well enough to 
want to use it in a project - even one for creating or perpetuating 
haft marks!

Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS USA 7/8






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