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Well so far this year (for what it is worth) I have noticed that Ruby Eruption seedlings have little to no horns on them when crossed with an SA.  Trying to get some darker plic. SAs by crossing Midnight Thunder with several different Luminatas and plics.  I know this is a several step process but so far MT x Epicenter has produced no plic SAs and a couple of Black SAs with a white zonal area and fuzzy horns coming out of reddish beards.  Not too unpleasing and definitely something to work with.  It is a little early for too much TB observation but I have decided to stop using Rockstar because of height and flower issues. Will post more observations latter. 
Mike
BTW the 90% unstable mutant number is coming way down, that is a little bit older data.  Just an unscientific observation, but as we weed out the tweaks stability is growing.  I am not afraid to make SA x SA crosses anymore, especially with Momentous Occasion, Bye Bye Blues, Air Force One and Tropical Delight. 


Christopher Darlington <chris.darlington@sympatico.ca> wrote:
Neil, and everybody,

First of all, thanks to Mike for sharing the article.

Yes, it's going to be a tough project but with  SAGE, we'll be able
to gather data from zones 3 or 4 through to zone 9.  We've found out
that  what may be worthy in the west  is not necessarily up to
scratch here in Canada because of extreme climatic fluctuations. 
George's article  scratches the surface and leaves us hungry for more
information.  Hopefully SAGE can generate numbers that we can work
with and more importantly, yield seedlings that are tougher and more
consistent than some of the plants that consistently underperform
here. 

Comments on SA x SA crosses are interesting in that only 30% of the
seedlings are SA's and approx. 90% are unstable mutants.  Why ???? 
What I find disturbing is how registered Space Agers like DIETY and
LURID behave consistently like unstable mutants.  Trying  to 
understand SA  genetics will be like finding a needle in a hay stack
but we can get the project rolling with Neil's "Space Age Genetics
Effort" this year. 

How's the purposed  AIS article coming along Neil ? 

Anybody have any SA bloom yet ?  Any observations to share ?  We've
started melting now here in Lafontaine Quebec.  As far as I can see,
there hasn't been any casualties so far in the Iris beds.  Amazingly
enough, all of my Arilbreds pulled through the winter as well but I'm
reserving judgement until they make it through the wet Spring. 

It's been a tough winter.
Chris


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