Malevil Gardens will be handling my 2005 introductions:  Attaboy, Cup Runneth Over, Damfino, and Skies Always Blue.   This page includes more that are on track for introduction, based on '04 evaluations.  

Even more are on our Silver Selections, and Watch List -- but there are also a few Lost Sheep.  Others are exceptional Breeders that may or may not be introduced eventually.  [Click here for more information about the selection process itself.]  The list is longer than I'd expected, not as large as I'd hoped.  Had there been no gardening hiatus, there should have been at least 100 introductions by now, just from seedlings already in the pipeline when I put my hybridizing kit in storage.  These survivors are the tough ones, but the information you find on the individual pages will vary greatly.  I'm still struggling to recover my records from the lost years.  Sometimes, you'll find only a photo.  Others, just a description from my seedling notebook made when that one went on my "watch list".  

• Number.  The first two digits of each seedling number indicate the year that the cross was made -- but not necessarily the year the seeds were cultured.  The last set of crosses made before the hiatus was in 1995.  Click on the seedling number to see a photo and my notes about the selection.

• Pod/Pollen Parents.  Pedigrees for seedlings listed as parents can be found in the Breeder's Digest.  

• Code.  The classification code under which it will be registered.  Seedlings from wide crosses are often difficult to classify and will not be introduced until the appropriate code can be determined.

• Location.  Malevil Gardens will be handling my future introductions.  This is just our worksheet for tracking which ones have been verified in each garden.  

• Comments.  A name in the comments field shows that a seedling has already been registered and is now being grown for increase.  TBR indicates that it will be registered, and may or may not bear a reserved "garden name" at this point.  The rest  have passed the gardenability tests and are of introduction quality, but some will be eliminated by the "have better now" screen.

Some of the old seedling bed maps are online, with photos.  Most of those seedlings are long-gone, but such pages do provide some insight into the selection process.

 

Number	Pod Parent	Pollen Parent	Code	Location	Comments
88-8-3	Brandy Sipper	Tribe of Judah	OGB-	NM, TX	To be introduced in 2005 as CUP RUNNETH OVER
89-15-1	LBE	Sunrise in Glory	?	TX	TBR -- Sib to DRESS PINKS.  Name reserved.
89-15-5	LBE	Sunrise in Glory	?	TX	TBR -- Sib to DRESS PINKS.  Name reserved.
89-18-16	Werckmeister's Beauty	Child of God	OGB+	TX	To be introduced in 2005 as SKIES ALWAYS BLUE
90-3-12	Sandy Dandy	Whirlwind Romance	OGB	NM, TX	To be introduced in 2005 as ATTABOY
90-11-2	Mohric Art	Boaz	OGB-	NM, TX	TBR.  Name reserved.
90-15-1	14-4-R-POH-2	"Syrian Sunset"	OGB	NM, TX	To be introduced in 2005 as DAMFINO.
90-70-2	Merlin's Magic	Summer Silk	OGB	NM, TX	TBR.  Fully fertile stolonifera-bred.  Name reserved.

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