RE: HYB: Arilbred SA's [was: Re: Re: [SpaceAgeRobin] New Member Bio Robert Benbow]

"Neil A Mogensen" <neilm@charter.net> wrote:

>Beard hairs that appear on your seedlings that have them, Sharon, are there
>ever any with some evidence the unicellular extension forming the arillate
>beard hair appears along the length of the SA feature?  Knowing your level
>of curiousity suggests you've looked at this question closely.  I'm willing
>to wager the unicellular hair *never* shows on the SA extension.  Am I
>guessing rightly?
>
>Neil Mogensen  z 7  Reg 4  western NC mountains

I am always hesitant to say "never", but I have not observed a unicellular hair on this type of seedling.  The beards I examined carefully were multicellular, often layered in color.  The "ledge" under the relatively narrow beard was never more than a mini-horn.  

Nevertheless, I believe the potential exists if someone wants to obtain SA ABs.  That was not my goal.  I certainly don't want to discourage anyone who is interested in following the "road not taken".  Many years ago, John Holden got a pure onco seedling with horns.  He didn't introduce it because it was a "freak". I grew it for some years, but treated it as an interesting garden subject rather than breeding stock.

Sharon McAllister


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