While it's true that mass-market saffron is dominated by one clone, numerous genotypes and phenotypes occur in cultivation. Some are very floriferous. No genetic engineering necessarily required! https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/… Russell At 07:30 AM 9/13/2017, you wrote: >On 13/09/2017 03:39, Judy Glattstein wrote: >>Nice BBC article about saffron growing / selling in Afghanistan. And Iran. > >Here in the North West of England my saffron crocus are just >appearing. I doubt they will flower. > >Stories about commercial saffron growing come round every year. The >other tale is that it is a single cultivated clone which no one >knows the origin of. > >Maybe the market is not big enough for someone to genetically >engineer a plant that grows easily and produces lots of saffron. >David Pilling >http://www.davidpilling.com/ >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Russell Stafford Odyssey Bulbs PO Box 382 South Lancaster, MA 01561 508-335-8106 russell@odysseybulbs.com http://www.odysseybulbs.com/ http://www.facebook.com/odysseybulbs/ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…