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Gabe15 · 02-28-2006, 10:22 PM

Kyle,
The chromosome count of 'Helen's Hybrid' could be 2n=22, standard Eumusa. However when edibles are crossed with wilds, depending on the count of the edible, they can turn out triploids or tetraploids.

What it sounds like to me is that this hybrid is possibly parthenocarpic while remaining both male and female fertile, like Musa 'Yangambi KM 5' aka 'Ibota'. Also similar perhaps to 'Saba' and 'Cardaba' where they will set edible, parthenocarpic fruit normally, but also produce seeds with a source of pollen.

These are all just guess's, I suppose someone will have to grow it and find out!

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