The 1995 register attributes selection to C.J. Hearn in 1980; UCR also credits him with the final selection. This is an attributed selection account, without a confirmed embryo origin or reconciled chronology.
Published accounts differ on Flame’s early history. The 1995 register reports a Henderson seedling found in 1973 at A.H. Whitmore Foundation Farm and selected by C.J. Hearn in 1980; da Graça et al. report a Henderson seedling found in Florida in 1983. IDtools describes seedlings planted in Florida from Henderson material originating in Texas, without dates. UCR describes seed of a Ruby Red sport from C. Henderson’s Houston grove and credits C.J. Hearn with the final selection. Hale Groves attributes Ruby Red progeny through nucellar embryony. These accounts do not establish a single discovery or selection date, the exact seed-collection and planting sequence, or Flame’s embryo origin.
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