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Old 14-05-2015, 07:13 PM posted to rec.gardens.edible
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T writes:
On 05/13/2015 07:18 PM, T wrote:
Hi All,

I was thinking of growing some Amarylla Tomatillos:
http://www.rareseeds.com/amarylla-tomatillo/

Question: if I also plant some purple Tomatillos
from the local nursery, will the cross pollination
between the two be a problem? Will I wind up with
a bunch of weird fruit?


Seems to me that the fruit will be normal, but if I
harvest the seeds, the next generation may be a little
weird. Am I incorrect?


Yep. The fruit is entirely the product of the mother.
Fruit is not the offspring. Seed is the offspring.
Fruit is packaging.

I was going to draw analogy, but animals (mamals, at least) don't
seem to have anything that is analogous to fruit.


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