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Old August 27, 2015   #15
FredB
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Narnian -

Here is a link to an article describing how "Mountain Majesty Hybrid" was bred. It gets very complicated. In this case, about a dozen genes were combined by crossing, selecting for desired traits, making another cross, etc.

http://tomatoes.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-cont...011.pdf?fwd=no

For more information on tomato genes and breeding, try googling "Randy Gardner tomato", "TGRC tomato", or "Frogsleap Farm".

Fred
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