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Old July 27, 2013   #56
carolyn137
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Why does it bother me so much when I see names such as:

Hugh's Black,the result of a natural cross, the original is yellow andintoruduced at SEE,when it's not Hugh's at all anymore yet the original name is still used.

Frankenstein, which was red when I first SSE listed it in 1994 turning up as Frankenstein Black. Tania lists the latter, but not the former.So it's only the elderly, that's me,who remember that the original Frankenstein WAS red.

Amana Orange turning up as Amana Pink.

And I could go on and on.Oh,Roger's Best Black,so named b'checouldn't remember the real name of the variety he got the seeds from.

I'm excluding any somatic mutation ones, of course.

The OTHER COLORS section of the SSE Yearbook has exploded with all the listings for ones derived from accidental crosses, yet most have the original name as part of the new name.

Am I just being cranky this morning?

Carolyn
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