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   Bob F to Wilson   
   Re: Potato Seeds   
   19 Nov 21 08:34:09   
   
   From: bobnospam@gmail.com   
      
   On 11/19/2021 7:56 AM, Wilson wrote:   
   > On 11/19/2021 10:46 AM, Bob F wrote:   
   >> On 11/19/2021 6:42 AM, Wilson wrote:   
   >>> Not a misprint Just wondering what other's experience is with potato   
   >>> seeds. I tried some Adirondack blue seed potatoes this summer. They   
   >>> produced above ground fruit that looked like dark-green cherry tomato   
   >>> clusters. I have saved some seed and will try them in the coming   
   >>> season, but I never saw, no less planted, potato seeds before.   
   >>   
   >> Look them up. AIUI, potato seeds will almost never breed true. You are   
   >> highly unlikely to get a "good" potato out of them.   
   >>   
   > Thanks, Bob. I have looked them up got the same info as you just gave   
   > me. So hoping someone else has dealt with them before. If Adirondacks   
   > are heirloom, the seed my resemble the parent.   
      
   Why do you think that?   
      
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