Re: Either they go, or I'll go

At 16:33 21/11/97 -0600, you wrote:
>Al,
>
>Good point, I'll try it, but what if she says either they go, or I'll go!! 
> Just kidding, she actually has been real understanding-so far....
>
>For certain you have been researching the pumpkin parentage for a long
>time.  Do you have any other compiled information that you could pass on
>that goes beyond or before the OSLG family tree?  Is there going to be a
>1997 family tree?  
>
>Have you come across any pumpkins with unusual backgrounds that may give us
>more variety than the main AGS that are being grown now?   
>
>Do you think that the "uncooperative" growers are using some crosses that
>involve specimens with "distantly unrelated" individuals?  
>
>What a neat issue!!

>Rick

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Hello Richard

Yes,a neat issue and I enjoy reading your information.I don't know anything
about genetics except that I have taken some basic courses in the past.I do
know where the heaviest come from each year and their ancestory though.This
is more of a factual "what
happened" approach,rather than an explanation of "why or how" it happened.

In short it shouldn't be any surprise that the heaviest fruit come from
other heavy fruit,either directly or indirectly.The top 1997 fruit come from
"known" mothers or maternal grandparents.

So to answer your question--No,I haven't come across any with unusual
backgrounds that may be of interest.Basically I think of it as an evolving
gene pool that year by year is improving.The heaviest tend to get
planted,the losers don't.This evolution is based on decisions by growers
everywhere on what to plant.Fortunately everyone has their own good but
often different reasons for choosing what to plant.

All the modern most succesful ones are descended from quite a small number
of fruit from the 1980's.This is what I was going to look into by tracing
the top 1997 ones back until the trail ends.

This year the 567.5 Mombert 92 continued to be a "star",but I didn't notice
any other stars emerging.Generally there exists a broad base of excellent
potential and there are 100's of fruit that can produce big ones.It's just a
matter of we individual growers getting conditions just right so that the
potential is developed.

                                           Until next time-------------Al
Eaton  







 

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