Re: 1370 Rose--why are the offspring orange?

Matthew,
Two experts on ORANGE pumpkins are Bob Troy of Torrance, CA, and David
Bhaskaran of MN. They seem to know how to get orange consistently.
Glenn Andrews of Long Island seems to have hit on an interesting method for
orange pumpkins: he tries for green ones.
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>From: "MATTHEW ISOM" <ISOM_MATTHEW@salkeiz.k12.or.us>
>To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
>Subject: 1370 Rose--why are the offspring orange?
>Date: Tue, Feb 28, 2006, 10:54 AM
>

> Looking at the hierarchy tree for the 1370 Rose, one would think that its
> offspring would be cream-colored, perhaps with a touch of green/gray
> undertones. (1260 Weir (845X846) X 712 Kuhn (935X780). Why, then, are so
> many of the 1370 offspring bright orange?  If I had to guess what the
> pollinator for Jerry's 1370 was just by looking at the offspring, I'd say
> that it was the 1016 Daletas or maybe the 846 Jutras or something.  Is it
> wrong to think that the best way to produce orange pumpkins is to cross two
> orange parents?  Is there something about having 935 and other "squashy"
> pumpkins as pollinators that actually accentuates the orange trait?  (take
> a look at the 560 King as a second example).
>
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