Re: CULT: pollen count
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- Subject: Re: CULT: pollen count
- From: w* <w*@hargray.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 23:47:55 -0600 (MDT)
watergarden wrote:
> > Luckily it has good pollen,(looked
> > good), and I wish it had a dozen anthers instead of three.
>
> I was crossing some LA's today but am very much a novice at this. When I got to
> Mrs Ira Nelson, I could not seem to get any pollen off the anther. I tried
> several anthers of a first-day and a second-day bloom. Is this common? I have
> not yet learned to appreciate and differentiate a good parent from a poor parent
> but anticipated that the problems would be with pod parent sterility.
>
> Any comments or advice appreciated.
>
> Stephen Hopkins
> coastal South Carolina, USA
> zone 8b
Does the fact that it was 'Mrs Ira Nelson' (Arny) as opposed to 'Ira S. Nelson'
(Arny) have anything to do with the absence of pollen? :>)
Stephen
