DonShirer said: ...
Craig LeHoullier says "An heirloom is an open-pollinateed variety that has history and value embedded within its story" and goes on to point out that all heirlooms are OP but not all OP varieties are heirlooms.
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I would hope that we could agree that the two distinct variety types are hybrid and open-pollinated. ...
I agree with you! And I could agree with either or both of Craig and Carolyn.
Also, just to say it again: I like the meaning of "OP" that seed catalogs use:
An
OP VARIETY is one that is
"genetically stable" enough, or inbred enough,
that it "comes true" enough,
when self-pollinated."
Some people use "OP" to mean "
this batch of seeds was pollinated in an uncontrolled or unspecified but natural fashion, for example by bees and wind - but NOT bagged and daubed or otherwise pollinated unnaturally by human intervention".
http://garden.org/ideas/view/R...
