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- From: "MARIE ASHTON" <bwoodtx@verizon.net>
- To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Pomegranate Seedlings
- Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:39:32 -0500
Pomegranates are similar to many old world (or
heritage) fruit and vegetables in their ability to produce a plant somewhat
similar to the mother plant if the pomegranate (or other fruit) is not a hybrid.
Unfortunately Wonderful is a hybrid of several different varieties as evidenced
by its fruit characteristics. So you could get anything from your seedlings from
very sorry, small, sour fruit to fairly good fruit. That is why most
pomegranates are propagated by cuttings. Now, if you had an old world variety
like Kandahar (from Afghanistan) that is known to have existed for over 1000
years then a seedling from that plant should be fairly similar to the
mother plant.
A researcher at the University of
California tested Wonderful variety seedlings many years ago (in the 1920s)
and found that the seedlings varied a lot and most were not very
good.
Regards,
Richard Ashton
Oak Creek Orchard
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[NAFEX] Pomegranate Seedlings,
Bob Kelly, 06/08/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] Pomegranate Seedlings,
MARIE ASHTON, 06/08/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] Pomegranate Seedlings,
Bob Kelly, 06/08/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] Pomegranate Seedlings,
Kevin Moore, 06/09/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] Pomegranate Seedlings,
Kieran &/or Donna, 06/11/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] Pomegranate Seedlings, Bob Kelly, 06/11/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] Pomegranate Seedlings,
Kieran &/or Donna, 06/11/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] Pomegranate Seedlings,
Kevin Moore, 06/09/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] Pomegranate Seedlings,
Bob Kelly, 06/08/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] Pomegranate Seedlings,
MARIE ASHTON, 06/08/2009
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