Well you could just save seed and follow the lines and select for the characteristics you want. Takes a lot of lines typically though. Some of the old breeders would grow out 1000 plants or more and select just a couple to save seeds for the following season.
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Scott
AKA The Redbaron
"Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted & thoughtful observation rather than protracted & thoughtless labour; & of looking at plants & animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single-product system."
Bill Mollison
co-founder of permaculture
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