permaculture

[Douglas Woodard <dwoodard@becon.org>]

I have encountered descriptions of peach cultivars as being the 
offspring of a self-fertlized parent. Presumably the offspring was 
different or there would have been no point to it.

Doug Woodard
St. Catharines, Ontario



Norris Thomlinson wrote:
> Does anyone know whether a seedling of a self-fertilized plant will
> generate a plant genetically different enough to give the benefits of
> cross-pollination?
>
> Specifically, I have a mature "Sweet Scarlet" goumi (Elaeagnus
> multiflora) which is very well self-fertile, but is supposed to do
> better with a partner for pollination.  I started three seedlings from
> saved seed, with surprisingly low germination rate compared to the
> Autumn Olives I started--are the self-pollinated seeds less viable?
>
> If I plant one of the seedlings, will it improve the fruit-set of the
> original mother plant?
>
> Thanks for any information anyone can share!
>
> Norris Thomlinson
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