Bob,

>>I test so I speak with authority on my Italian lines.

What is your current appreciation of the Gold line from Purvis 
Brothers?  Do they come close to your Italians in productivity?  Do 
they overwinter well in your area?

Purvis uses survivor stock from managed and feral sources in their 
breeding program.  There may be a good chunk of Italian genetics 
since the Gold lines are suppose to produce *large* crops.  And 
northern Georgia is not an Africanized territory yet [as far as I 
know].

Waldemar
Long Island, NY

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