[Market-farming] SEED Company reliability

Pat Meadows pat at meadows.pair.com
Thu Jan 1 12:00:33 EST 2009


On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 08:09:28 -0800 (PST), you wrote:


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>Can a spaghetti squash and a Connecticut field pumpkin planted by seed on the same day in the next row, cross pollinate and get a hybrid "Spaghetti Pumpkin"? I always thought no, the cross wouldn't express itself until next year when the seeds where saved and planted. A friend of mine says yes, but only with pumpkins and squash.

You are correct.   The cross wouldn't express itself until the next year.

BTW, 'Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties' by Carol Deppe is a fascinating
book.  See:  http://tinyurl.com/8lbukm

There's some math in it that is over my head, but that part can just be
skipped without harm.  The rest is really fascinating.

Amazingly, I saw a copy of this book (the older edition) on a 'remaindered'
table in a gift shop, of all places, for $1.00.  :)  I grabbed it.

Pat 
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