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Although these were open-pollinated seed, they were planted because there are currently no 'Fardh' females in the Repository collection. Only 1 of 25 seedlings survived. Since this is an OPS, it needs to be observed to see if it is consistent with 'Fardh' or has desirable attributes. (RR Krueger, 08/2008)<P>This was one of a number of accessions surveyed using SSR microsatellite markers (18 nuclear and 1 chloroplast) by <a href="https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/cooperator.aspx?id=143875">Frederique Aberlenc</a> and <a href="https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/cooperator.aspx?id=136927">Jean-Christophe Pintaud</a>. In an email received 2012-08-09, J-C Pintaud stated: "We don't have this variety in our dataset". Therefore, morphological observations, esepecially fruit characteristics, will have to suffice in figuring out whether it is worth keeping or not. (RR Krueger, 2013-05-20)