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[Heron Breen <breen@fedcoseeds.com>]

Vigor is only reduced due to population depression. One can easily back-cross 
and
then stablize the variety. "Vigor" for hybrid is not a myth, but is more the
result of good breeding techniques and great germplasm than the hybridization 
method.

Heron Breen

On Wed Jan 26  6:29 , fuwa fuwa usagi <fuwafuwausagi@muchomail.com> sent:

>My
>experience has been that "hybrid vigor" is not a myth.  I believe
>the original poster indicated this is a commercial venture and I
>thought he mentioned this pepper was a hybrid.  Therefore it "may"
>be impractical to attempt to OP the hybrid.   Years back I
>stabalized several Tomatoe varieties, and while they gave me the
>results I wanted on a personal level I did not  agreat loss in
>vigor.
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>In contrast I  think it is a worthwhile idea to explore, and it certainly has
great "social" utility value.
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