-=>> Quoting Wl-ski to Marilyn Boissoneault <=-
Wl>> Exactly... That family is *so* extensive, ...  (and if the seeds have 
been
Wl>> "saved", they may produce plants that aren't exactly what they started
Wl>> out as).  I know that we've had (and even valued) some of those 
hybrids"
Wl>> in our family   :)
 MB> Are you a seed saver?  ...  I saved some seeds from an heirloom okra
 MB> that worked out ok.  But never tried anything in the cole family.
I *do* save some... but am not a "died in the wool" seed saver.  Somethings 
that I'm partial to, I'll save from year to year (like some "Shirley Poppies" 
that I grew in Virginia... and they produced some fairly striking 
combinations, due to cross-pollenation.  I saved them for more htan afew 
years, but am not sure there were any left from last year... (guess I'll have 
to start on another adventure with *those*!   :)
 MB> ...I'd never get them to live through the summer here. :)
Man, that's true enough...
cheers,
WL Sakowski
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