Have you tried Dr. Lyle?

korney19 · August 26, 2006

Genetically speaking, are you saying that it has the white flower gene (wf) or no? or maybe?

I've grown Dr. Lyle 2 or 3 times from that many different sources including "respected SSE members" you may have talked about in the past, both US & Canada. On all occasions I've never seen a color difference in the foliage and have yet to notice pale flowers, no matter how hard I tried to see them or justify them.

I say pale flowers because I grow a green PL dwarf that has the wf gene and compared it it DL last year and it wasn't even close. If DL has the wf gene, then my DL isn't DL.

Maybe if Keith has grown DL he can say yes or no to it having the wf gene. The wf gene flowers do have some color but generally the immature anthers seem almost chartreuse before the flowers open, and maybe that's an illusion and the petals.

There's also a chartreuse flower gene and a couple others but don't think there's anything else that's considered pale, besides wf, so if DL is indeed pale or ivory, I'd think it technically would be wf. Maybe Keith will add more.

As for fruit, they look about right, but there are many very large pinks that are similar, so still can't say for sure.

August 26, 2006	#16
korney19 Buffalo-Niagara Tomato TasteFest™ Co-Founder Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: The Niagara Frontier Posts: 942	Genetically speaking, are you saying that it has the white flower gene (wf) or no? or maybe? I've grown Dr. Lyle 2 or 3 times from that many different sources including "respected SSE members" you may have talked about in the past, both US & Canada. On all occasions I've never seen a color difference in the foliage and have yet to notice pale flowers, no matter how hard I tried to see them or justify them. I say pale flowers because I grow a green PL dwarf that has the wf gene and compared it it DL last year and it wasn't even close. If DL has the wf gene, then my DL isn't DL. Maybe if Keith has grown DL he can say yes or no to it having the wf gene. The wf gene flowers do have some color but generally the immature anthers seem almost chartreuse before the flowers open, and maybe that's an illusion and the petals. There's also a chartreuse flower gene and a couple others but don't think there's anything else that's considered pale, besides wf, so if DL is indeed pale or ivory, I'd think it technically would be wf. Maybe Keith will add more. As for fruit, they look about right, but there are many very large pinks that are similar, so still can't say for sure.