RE: Diversity in Plant selection
- To: "'pumpkins@mallorn.com'" <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
- Subject: RE: Diversity in Plant selection
- From: "* M* R* N* <M*@nwp01.usace.army.mil>
- Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 12:06:47 -0800
How about this......
Mike, develop some standard spreadsheet type database for each of us to
use and record our own information, then each fruit would have a "family
tree" and it would be standard throughout each of us here?? Maybe even
place it somewhere on the web as a clearing house of information?
Potential to trace many more fruits from the original parents to get a
better idea of what is the best genetic stock?
Listen to me.....and I have not even started growinggiant pumpkins
yet.....even talking about them is addicting.....
have a fishy day....
Mark Smith
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Nepereny [SMTP:MikeN@optiosoftware.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 16, 1998 11:31 AM
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: RE: Diversity in Plant selection
>
> Hmmm. Hierarchical trees, indexing, databases, statistics...
>
> Sounds like a job for a COMPUTER PROGRAMMER!
>
>
> MIKE NEPERENY
> Senior Software Developer
>
> Optio Software, Inc.
> 4800 River Green Parkway
> Duluth, GA 30096-9709
> Phone: (770)283-8569
> Fax: (770)283-8655
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dan Shapiro [SMTP:dgs@leland.stanford.edu]
> > Sent: Friday, January 16, 1998 1:59 PM
> > To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> > Subject: Re: Diversity in Plant selection
> >
> > Rick - wow! The pumpkin seed DOW (Dao?). If I start thinking about
> > that
> > I'll lose a day of work.
> >
> > My guess is that a checklist of "good seed features" would be more
> > useful
> > than a full-up numerical index here, since the real goal is to
> > identify
> > hidden "gems" or show that our folk wisdom about some particular
> seed
> > is
> > in error. We could do that with a checklist. A numerical index is
> > best
> > at deciding close calls .. but there is so much uncertainty in
> this
> > business that you might as well toss a coin if you find yourself in
> > that
> > situation.
> >
> > Amazing. I'm an academic arguing against numbers.
> >
> > Dan
> >
> > >This may be getting us out farther on a limb than we want to go,
> but
> > if
> > >every one thought the "success ratio" was really important someone
> > with
> > >more math skills than me could come up with a formula to rate a
> seeds
> > >potential. You could factor in the number of seeds grown (that we
> > know
> > >about anyway), and also factor in the personal best weight for each
> > grower.
> > > Like I said, it may not be worth it. Just a thought.
> > >
> > >Rick
> >
> >
> >
> >
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