To: mailing list at ibiblio - Northamerican Allied Fruit Experimenters <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [nafex] Pawpaw question and jujube observation
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 23:46:08 -0400
On 8/18/2015 10:06 PM, Elizabeth Hilborn wrote:
I am seeing conflicting information on fruit sites, so I wanted to
poll the community: has anyone observed - do pawpaws grown from seed
come fairly true to parent's characteristics?
Hello Betsy,
The genetic variations in pawpaw isn't nearly as broad as it is for
example with Malus. Based on my experience of breeding pawpaw I believe
you would be very happy with seedlings from selected second-generation
pawpaws, as long as both the seed and pollen parent are select
second-generation.