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  • From: Dave Bennett <dbennett AT micoks.net>
  • To: market farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: seed varieties (was succession planting)
  • Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 06:42:27 -0500


Dayna Conner wrote:
>
> robert schuler wrote:
>
> > ...and when I find a variety that works the seed producer will
> > discontinue it...
>
> Dear list,
>
> Are others having this problem? Is anyone having success with
> open-pollinated varieties
> and are you collecting seed? I have heard that heirloom varieites usually
> produce less
> than hybrids, and are therefore not as appealing to market gardeners. Is
> this true?
>
> Dayna
>

Another area of concern with heirloom varieties is disease. Diseases
that newer hybrids have suppressed can reappear when heirloom varieties,
with their lack of tolerance for these diseases, are used.

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