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DELPS MOST PROLIFIC SEED PARENTS & NO. OF SURVIVING OFFSPRING
 

GREX NO. ELEPIDOTE SEEDPARENTS                               CROSSES             OFFSPRING
 

73-92 'Catalgla                                                                               20                             29

223-241 R maximum & hybrids of R.maximum                                20                              26

316-324 'Ronald Otto Delp & hybrids of same                                 11                              26

242-253 'Midsummer & hybrids of same                                         12                              22

49-61 'Brachycrest* & hybrids of same                                          13                               21

404-414 'Weldy & hybrids of same                                                 12                               21

276-291 'Oh My! & hybrids of same                                               16                               18

372-379 'Tonys Gift'* & hybrids of same                                          8                                18

429-442a R. yakushimanum & hybrids of same                              15                               17

109-116 'Delps Cindy Lou & hybrids of same                                    7                               17

267-271 'Newport selfed                                                                  5                                17

298-303 'Princess Elizabeth & hybrids of same                                 14                               14

02-03 'Abe Arnott                                                                             2                               14

07-15 'America & hybrids of same                                                     9                               13

343-350 '5 Si & hybrids of same                                                         7                               13

335-340 'Sefton & hybrids of same                                                     6                               13

418-427 'Wizard                                                                               10                              11

385-39 1 'Vinecrest & hybrids of same                                                 7                             11

21-25 R. aureum (chrysanthum) & hybrids of same                             5                            11

358-365 'Stokes Bronze Wings & hybrids of same                                 8                             10

396-402 'Vivacious & hybrid of same                                                     7                            10

131-135 'Delps Fireking'*                                                                     6                               9

149-153 'Goody Goody & hybrids of same                                             5                              9

367-371 'Tols                                                                                       5                              9

210-216 'Mary Belle                                                                             7                              8

42-48 R. brachycarpum as ssp. tigerstedtii                                          7                            8
 
 
 

                                                        Total                                         236                            386

                                                        Average number per cross                                           1.6
 

There were 236 crosses of the 26 most prolific seed parents and from those crosses there were 386 DeIp-raised selections named and now located. Leading this group of most prolific parents was 'Catalgla; next was R. maximum; then 'Oh My!. In terms of most surviving offspring produced, the three leaders were 'Catagla, R. maximum and 'Ronald Otto Delp, with "Midsummer, also a R. maximum hybrid, as a close 4th.

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