Free Seeds & Free Clones Thread (Part 7)

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#838

I honestly assumed you were referencing this:

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(edit: @Yetigrows gets me. )

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#839

I was. More characters.

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#840

I’m glad @bunny that you “know what even lurks in the heart of people*”.

(*2021 inclusivity edit :wink: )

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#841

This was the F2 run.

Seeds from this were used in the F3 run.

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#842

I swear that with plants are the only time I get excited for the wording “rotten fruit” lolol

#843

I lean towards Vargas girls:
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And Patrick Nagel:
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#844

Well, when you nose what you like…

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#845

Ok, are we ready?

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#846

So for a pack of Oregon Huckleberry F3’s that were made by @ubcchemo be the first to correctly answer this. When did the first Vargas Girl get published ?

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#847

1940’s…1ochar

#848

December 1940

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#849

jan 1st 1972?

#850

1927 was the first

#851

October 1940

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#852

1940 but not in playboy lol

#853

Ok so @bunny was the first to come up with the full answer, it was October, 1942.

https://fineart.ha.com/heritage-auctions-press-releases-and-news/the-very-first-vargas-girl-october-1940-drawing-highlights-illustration-art-event-in-dallas.s?releaseId=1691#:~:text=James%20Press)%2C%20%22the%20first,before%20it%20was%20published%20as

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#854

Congrats @bunny

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#855

That makes her 81?

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#856

Pretty sure that was an event and first published was in December

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#857

Trick question :wink: lol Wasnt she drawn in October for publishing in December?

btw. you have any clue how many Vargas girls were painted on planes in WWII? That’d be an interesting number to know…

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