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Robert Walton wrote:
> > DH bought GE sweet corns: Peaches and Cream, Early and Often, Kandy Korn
> > and I had some Silver Queen.  Since all of the above are sweet and
> > supposedly won't cross, I planted them in blocks side by side and have
> > isolated that group by distance and physical pollen barriers.
>
> You mean hybrid, right? Why won't they cross, or is it just not
> important if they do, cause you won't save seed? I love Silver Queen.
> Got some Stowells Evergreen for my quest for a OP sweet corn I like.

The Silver Queen has the Su-1 allele/gene.  Some people consider it OP, 
but I consider it a hybrid.  Su-1 is a dominant gene.  The other 
varieties are GE corn, all have the se gene, which is sugar enhanced 
(recessive), su se.  DH did not understand GE corn descriptions or know 
how to tell the difference at the time he bought the stuff.  Se corn is 
pollen specific and should not cross with each other.  I suppose it is 
possible for the Silver Queen to cross with the se's, but I'm not 
worried about that.  SU and SE can be grown near each other, but not 
near SH2, which is the supersweet shrunken gene, or dent corns, of 
course.  I'm not growing any sh2 corns, and I am time spacing and 
physically spacing the rest of the stuff I'm growing.  I won't save the 
seed because I don't want to save GE seed or possible GE seed.

Limited time here, or I would explain further..just in a hurry..

B

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