Parentages
- To: M*@aol.com
- Subject: Parentages
- From: A* &* S* E*
- Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 04:35:07
At 16:38 09/04/99 EDT, you wrote:
>Al E,
> I've noticed two other in print conflicts. One is the Alan Cox 942,
It's
>been listed that the male was the 1006 Greer and it's been listed the male
>was the 935 Lloyd, both had the female as the 689 Cox. Also, Angus Bruce's
>832 is listed as open pol. and also as selfed (935 Lloyd X 935 Lloyd). Can
>you verify what is correct?
>
> Alan R.
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Hi Alan R.-good to see that you and others are looking carefully at
pedigrees and questioning discrepancies.This is the only way to keep errors
to a minimum.
I hope I can resolve your questions.
942.5 Cox 98--689 Cox 97 x 935 Lloyd 97
The 935 Lloyd 96 as male was given to me by Alan Cox directly by
telephone.To me this is as good as it gets.I have no idea where the other
info came from that you have.
Re the 832 Bruce 97,I know that he told some that it was open pollinated
and some that it was self pollinated.He told me he did not hand pollinate,
but that the male was the 935 Lloyd 96.I think he also said that he grew
only the 935 Lloyd and there were no other possible pollinators in the area.
His reasoning for this was that bees don't visit a flower then jump up and
fly a great distance,unless they are taking pollen home.Normally they just
visit the next flower.So he reasoned the male was from the same plant.This
sounded to me like the most probable case.On reflection I think it should
have been classed as open.
It is not a great answer,but that is the way it is (was).----Take care--Al
Eaton
P.S.-you have set me thinking that I should change my records to
"open".This is a fuzzy one.In future I think that if a fruit is not hand
pollinated,and protected,it should be classed as open pollinated.This over
and above a growers opinion as to where the pollen probably came from.
Any other information that anyone can add to this should be brought forward
but I plan to change my record to "open".Thanks Alan R.
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