Brown Betty Descendants

BROWN BETTY AB (Clarence G. White, R. 1933).  Mauna Loa X 'onco'.  No description available.  Counted as having 48 chromosomes, but classified by the 1976 committee as an OB. Widely used to produce oncobreds in the days before the C.G. White amphidiploids became available, but its offspring were typically 1/4 or less onco so became evolutionary dead-ends. In the following pedigrees, links to Brown Betty are shown in red. 

ALTA ROSA AB (Clarence G. White, R. 1937). Brown Betty X unknown. 

AUTUMN LEAF AB (C. S. Milliken, R. 1945).  Brown Betty X Copper Lustre. 

BELEEK DIS (William McKee, R. 1945).  Jomar X (Seedling # 3813 x Brown Betty). 

CHIEFTAIN AB (Robert Wayman, R. 1940).  Nene X Brown Betty. 

DARYL DIS (Carl Taylor, R. 1942).  (Cheerio x (Sacramento x Brown Betty)) X Sister Seedling. 

DEEP BUTTERCUP AB (Tell Muhlestein, R. 1947).  Brown Betty X Golden Eagle. 

FLORDELICE AB (Geddes Douglas, R. 1945).  Brown Betty X Opaline. 

GANGWAY DIS (White-Lothrop, R. 1945).  (((Brown Betty X Sacramento) x Cheerio)) X Regalia). 

LEONIE SULLIVAN AB (William P. Aylett, R. 1947).  Purissima X Brown Betty. 

MYRRH DIS (Lena Lothrop, R. 1947).  (Brown Betty x Miss Sally) X Fort Knox. 

PONTIAC DIS (Samuel Berry, R. 1946).  ((Rose Madder X Mauna Loa) x King Tut) X Brown Betty (?). 

RIC AB (Clarence G. White, R. 1940).  Copper Lustre X Brown Betty. 

RUSKIN AB (Robert Wayman, R. 1940).  (Nene X Brown Betty). 

SESPE AB (Marion Walker, R. 1949). (Brown Betty X Fort Knox). 

VAL AB (Edward Brenan, R. 1943).  Brown Betty X Mauna Loa. 

VALGANZA DIS (Edward Brenan, R. 1952). Extravaganza X (Val: Mauna Loa x Brown Betty). S yellow F violet.  Note: pedigree given for pollen parent is reversed from that registered for VAL.

Background color indicates fertility.  See Fertile Families.

 

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