Lynn,
The cross for 'Stuffed Olive' was 'Olivette' X 'Malbyi'. The cross was made to make Ed Skrocki angry (well maybe not angry but with a good laugh). Ed had sent me 'Olivette' before it was introduced and it's still one of my favorites because of its unusual color, However, my thinking was that the olive had to be STUFFED so I crossed it to a red. There were several green/ red bicolors in that group but 'Stuffed Olive' had more the shape of the olive too.
Where the silver comes from I have no idea. 'Olivette' was from the massed bee seed that Eed collected so we have NO idea on its pedigree. Too bad as it is such a great plant.
Last year I self-pollinated a stalk of 'Stuffed Olive' to see if I couldn't get the green more olive and the red more retained throughout the year. We'll see if I got what I want.
Kevin
