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
[NAFEX] DNA testing - Parentage of Honeycrisp, Haralson,
PM Yurista, 02/05/2005