897tgigvib
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That's real awesome! Did each plant make variations, or are all the plants pretty much the same? as to pod shape and size, and color...in other words, do the plants each seem like twins, or siblings, or do they seem like cousins? See, my new segregation, the tic tac family, has 2 white seeded versions, dry pod and edible pod. It has either 2 or 3 "pink" seeded versions, and ripening now in the last bed i planted are 2 black seeded versions with purple pods. These all seem like 1st cousins, and i can only guess the pollen parent. I think they started as f2 or so ringwood, which seem to be promiscuous, and one or two seeds got pollinated by (maybe) Shumway Experimental. Then, next generation at least 2 seeds were pollinated by cherokee trail of tears. All one can do is guess though. Shumway Experimental came from a free packet of seeds shumway old timey seeds sent me with an order decades ago. A lot like bush blue lake.I shelled out some Ernie's Big Eye dry pods. I was very curious about what I would find inside.
I sowed the seeds I got from Russ. They looked like this.
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Now the seeds look like this.
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Another reason for the difference is some varieties color up differently in different growing conditions.
edit! I just read Russ' reply, and the variety is variable according to conditions, not an outcross...
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