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  • From: PM Yurista <tamarack@pconline.com>
  • To: nafex <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [NAFEX] DNA testing - Parentage of Honeycrisp, Haralson
  • Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 02:30:43 -0600

At the 2002 Annual NAFEX Conference in Minnesota, the U of MN apple breeder Dave Bedford mentioned in his presentation that DNA testing had shown that neither Macoun nor Honeygold was a parent of Honeycrisp. Further testing has now shown that Keepsake (MN447 x Northern Spy) is one of the parents of Honeycrisp (see here for more details http://www.minnesotaharvest.net/news.htm ). They have also figured out that Wealthy is the pollen parent of Haralson - its parentage is Malinda x Wealthy. Some sources have mistakenly listed Ben Davis as the pollen parent of Haralson.

P Yurista
New Brighton, MN





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