Re: Seed Info Wanted

pumpkins@mallorn.com wrote:
> 
> Hi Alan,
> 
> >        Does anyone have info on the 626 Bobier and the 779 Bobier?
> Here is the info I have :
> 
> 627 Bobier 97  (795.5 Bobier 96 x 804 Zehr 94)
>         |
>         |--598 Bailey 98*   (627 x self)
>         |--762 Smith 98   (627 x open)
>         |--819 Stephenson 98   (627 x 1061 Zehr 96)

Rock Rivard supplied the above data.

  Here are some comments from a genetics viewpoint. Keep in mind I have
no idea which seeds will help someone win a contest. 
  The 627 Mobier had good large parents; why didn't it weigh 800 pounds?
We do not know. It is somewhat like two outstanding musicians can't
expect their child to be as good at music as they were. Although the two
parents can train their child, the parents of 627 Bobier could not tutor
Bobier on what pumpkins really need.
  I agree with all the others on Pumpkins list who have pointed out that
the genetic potential of every seed in 627 Bobier probably differs. At
first glance, it might seeem that the weights of the 3 progeny Bailey,
Smith, and Stephenson prove that, but of course we realize that
environment and weather greatly affect the weight of pumpkins. It
happens that the 3 kids had different types of pollen, however, I would
not attribute the self, open, or cross types of pollen to have had any
effect on size of the fruit they pollinated. [I am on weak ground here
because we know that a non pollinated fruit will drop off the vine and
some growers have reported mis-shaped, small fruit due to poor
pollination.]
  Since two of the 3 kids had weights of about 800 pounds, it would seem
that 627 Bobier and his parents had good ability to pass on their
desireable traits. That is not always true. Allstate is big, decent
strawberry, but it is famous for having no childern of notice--some
parents just do not have the ability to pass on their own high quality
traits. Perhaps the parent's great ability was the result of several
good genes and no child gets all of them. 


-- 
Harold Eddleman Ph.D. Microbiologist.       i*@disknet.com 
Location: Palmyra IN USA; 36 kilometers west of Louisville, Kentucky
http://www.disknet.com/indiana_biolab/pk.htm



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