Re: [CH] F1's
Dave Anderson (Chilehead@tough-love.com)
Tue, 29 Aug 2000 14:39:17 -0700
Actually, The Red Savina is not a hybrid. It came from a sport that
Frank Garcia found growing in his Orange Habanero fields. There is
a great story about it in "The Habanero Cookbook" by DeWitt and
Gerlach. The reason Frank patented Red Savina is because it's not
a hybrid and could be easily reproduced by any seed grower. I just
don't think he grew it through enough generations to eliminate it's
quirks. The same appears to be true for Francisca. If I remember
correctly, Jim Campbell said that Red Savina is much more stable
than it was when he first began growing it in Indiana several years
ago.
Dave Anderson
TLCC
http://www.tough-love.com
> I'm no expert on Red Savinas. They are a hybrid, but I think work is
> being done to stabilise the hybrid so it breeds true to type.
>
> OP stands for open pollinated. They will breed true to type. When two
> types of pepper are cross-pollinated the next generation will be F1
> hybrids, with genetic features of both parents. Any seeds saved from
> this, whether cross-pollinated or not will be the F2 generation and will
> produce plants of greater variation than the F1 generation. Selection of
> which plants you save seeds from for each subsequent generation can
> result in a stable hybrid, and a new stable cultivar, with time.
>