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Within the cross of Mountain Magic and the NC 45EB-2 material will be introgression of more heirloom flavors and colors.
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I wrote that concession earlier yesterday, but when I went to the Seattle plota a found a cross of Mountain Magic F-1 X Homozygous ph-1 and ph-2 and was able to get 3 inch tomato fruits, indicating that I was able to retrieve the large fruited parent of Mountain Magic. A very healthy and high yielding plant!
I think I will plant out about 100 seedlings of the F-2 seed as soon as I can. I will take about 25 plants to various parts of the state to test for late occuring LB. Like I said earlier, fully 50% of the plants will be homozygous for at least Ph-3, which is vastly more important than ph-2 by itself. My hope is that I will have the bi-color popping up since the father was heterozygous for it.