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Old January 24, 2014   #49
JLJ_
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Originally Posted by WVTomatoMan View Post
Sometimes people try to make things more complicated than they are. OP (open pollinated) varieties come back true to type when grown from saved seed, hybrids don't. All heirlooms are OP. Heirlooms are old cultivars. Hybrids are created by crossing two OP varieties. That's it. It's really that easy . . .
I wonder if that should be 'OP varieties come back true to type when grown from saved seed that has been produced by bagged or otherwise protected blossoms'.
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