Re: breeding rules and selection

Dan, Mike, and All,

I have found your posts on pumpkin genetics most informative and they once
again made me think of a question I posed a while ago. This was brought
home further by Vickie,s recent post re: 1006/1061 cross. Given that such a
cross won't produce true hybrid vigor it still is a good use of the process
of selection, right? 

Now for the question I'll just copy one of my old posts:

>>>>On ordering my seeds from P&P I noticed that the 2nd and 3rd choices of
giant pumpkins have the same parents only using flowers of opposite sexes
from the same plants. One the 914Fx923M  yielded  a 975 while the other
923Fx914M yielded a 798. I'm guessing that in as much as both children had
the same gene pool that other factors must have accounted for the
difference. That's only a guess though. What do you think? In your years of
experience have you determined that it is better to cross the best old bull
to several good females or take the eggs from the best female and give
several good bulls a shot?

Along the same line the 1st choice seed (which unfortunately I was too late
for) was self pollinating. I suspect many people will be self pollinating
the 1061 to itself this year in an attempt to go for the new quest. Is this
a wise choice or does it risk bringing out some undesirable characteristics
from too much inbreeding? >>>> from March 97.

How about it? Where have all the 1061 and 1006 self pollinateds gone and
what did they produce? Is Chris the only one who got a big pumpkin from the
lineage of the 1006? Did anybody get a big pumpkin from the 1061 line? I
hope we can keep this thread going and forget about the unsuscribers. Meat
eating pumpkin plants??? That's another story. :-)




Ciao, John
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