HYB: Fertility
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- Subject: HYB: Fertility
- From: S* M* <7*@compuserve.com>
- Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 00:38:06 -0600 (MDT)
Donald Eaves wrote:
> This info is in the checklists? e.g. if I were to decide to cross
> the two arilbreds currently blooming OPALS FOR ETHEL and
> SATIN'S MISTRESS, I would then go to the lists and find the
> parents of these and then check out the grandparents etc until
> some idea of the genetic makeup of the selections and the =
> likelyhood of having a successful cross. =
In this case, you would't have to =
go back as far as the grandparents.
OPALS FOR ETHEL was registered
as an OB-. One parent was a TB, the
other was an arilbred. Therefore, we
should expect limited fertility. =
SATAN'S MISTRESS was registered as
a TB, although its pedigree computes
to RB-, because the hybridizer didn't think
it had enough aril characteristics. One
parent was an arilbred and one was =
a TB so it, too, should have limited
fertility.
Crossing the two MIGHT produce a few
seedlings, but would more likely give
nothing. =
I have not made this particular
cross, but I have obtained some
seedlings from similar crosses. In
general, though, the odds are much
better if a flower of this type is crossed
with a fully fertile halfbred.
Sharon McAllister
73372.1745@compuserve.com
