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| So I got a new plant this year, Olga's Round Yellow Chicken. I dont know if its any good, but I got it as a novelty. Anyway, I was looking at the plant, and noticed one of the branches looked different than the rest. Upon a closer look, I realized, as clear as day, that it was a potato leaf branch! The rest of the plant is a regular leaf, which makes me wonder what is up with this branch? Is it an unstabilized heriloom? Maybe this is common but I have never seen this before, anyone have any ideas? |
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- Posted by carolyn137 z4/5 NY (My Page) on Wed, May 1, 13 at 23:12
| The variety you ask about is completelyy gentically stable, it was borught back frim Siberia by Bill McDorman whi was the first person let into Siberia after sanctions were removed, He brought back many named varieties andmany of them have become faves.. Two of us bought seeds for al lof them when he first listed them. If it;s just ONE branch that has PL leaves and nowhere else on the plant then I;d suggest what it might be is a somatic mutation,Most mutations occur in the DNA of seeds but somatic mutations occur in the cells of plants .f a 'If it truly is a somatic mutation, then seeds saved from the fruits from that branch should give plants with PLfoliage, I;ve been lucky to have seen two somatic mutations over the years. Hope that helps. Carolyn, who linked to it at Tania;s site and if you look at seed availability there are two places offering seed for 2013 |
Here is a link that might be useful: Olga's, etc
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