Re: Attention -- Class of '97



On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Steven & Sharlyn Rocha wrote:

> 	 A few arilbreds seem to look more like fancy TBS. Is there anyway when
> crossing to predict which side of the family the seedlings will take after?

	I experiment in this wide-open field almost yearly and several
years ago wrote an article on "quarter arilbreds" for the Bulletin.
>From the experience I have had, it seems that the better aril type
seedlings come from the crosses where the pod parent is the arilbred.  The
greatest drawback for me is that not many talls are  blooming when the
arilbreds are in bloom and therefore have little pollen.  I have found
that freezing pollen on fall from rebloomers helps solve the problem.  I
have had success with frozen fall pollen but not frozen spring pollen.
So, since you are in the San Diego area and have bloom now, it might be
wise to freeze some of this pollen for use on the early arilbred bloom. 


	Walter Moores
	Enid Lake, MS 7/8
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