Open-pollination

Open-pollination: Open-pollinated or “standard” varieties of seeds breed true to their type. Seeds saved from such plants will produce a crop resembling their parents. While open-pollinated varieties may have originated from a genetic mutation, or a chance cross in the field, they have been stabilized and improved through years of selection by farmers and/or breeders choosing for desirable traits such as adaptability to climate and soil conditions, storage, disease and insect resistance, beauty, taste, ripening, and sugar content.