[CH] "Orange" Red Savina
Brandon C Nuttall (bnuttall@kih.net)
Fri, 27 Aug 1999 06:06:02 -0400
Folks,
Byron Bromley asked about an orange Red Savina that won't ripen to red. My
guess is that it is a standard orange hab. If I remember the story
correctly, the red variety was discovered in a large commercial field, a
couple of plants out of thousands. When it was also discovered to slightly
hotter, seeds were collected and the [successful] attempt was made to see
if it would breed true and accumulate enough seeds to make a commercial
venture (thus the patent).
Anyway, I suspect that even in seed collected only from red savina habs,
there might be a few throwbacks to the orange ancestor.
Take care.
Brandon Nuttall
Frankfort, KY