Re: Green Genes
Todd, since all used your seeds and it turned out green, that means
that the other two seeds that you used were heterozygous for the green gene.
Now I am not sure about this, but I think that all the seeds from one
pumpkin do not have the same genes. I assume since there are many lobes and
we use much pollen that if there is a 4 lober, there could be 4 differnt
mixes of the genes that segregated independently? What do you all think?
>From: Todd Kline <toddkline@mac.com>
>Reply-To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
>Subject: Re: Green Genes
>Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 19:47:41 -0500
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>I'm here to defend my pumpkin. Yes, I'm the grower of the seed that
>produced
>that green monster in Al's patch. Of course I was crushed when Al phoned me
>last summer and said the 1036.5 plant was a squash. I had considered it an
>honor that he was going to try one of my seeds. I still do.
>The fact that there's a squash throwback from 7 generations ago, should not
>make it be eliminated from pumpkin growing! There may have been other
>genetics from Len's 821 that helped comprise the overall result of the
>1036.5 also. The end result was a beautifully shaped orange pumpkin that
>weighed heavy. If one out of five or ten seeds from this pumpkin produce a
>squash, so be it! I hope it's a giant one. I believe that there are too
>many
>positive traits that go along with this pumpkin to just stop growing it. I
>had many positive remarks from growers on the vigor and make-up of the
>plants growth, although the leaves weren't four feet wide.
>Many of the heaviest pumpkins grown, have got that green gene hidden in
>there somewhere. That's just the way it is.
>I think there's lots of those magic seeds out there, capable of cranking
>out
>massive fruits with huge weights. To try and cut down the odds by genetic
>breeding is great and mysterious, but lets not be to harsh here with the
>culling process.
>I hope I don't sound too much like an over-protective parent,er grower.
>Thanks,
>Todd
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