Mirliton.org Certified Pedigrees
Mirliton.org Certified Pedigrees
We have noticed an uptick in interest from folks on social media looking to acquire seed mirliton or mirliton plants. As we have always preached, to be successful at growing mirlitons in Louisiana and the neighboring states, one must start with heirloom varieties suited for the Gulf Coast. As a result of our efforts in saving the Ishreal Thibodeaux white mirliton variety, there appears to be a lot of people posting they have received some of that variety to grow; however, it has also been noted another white variety has recently turned up as well as some imports from Latin America.
In an effort to help ensure future growers are actually growing the varieties they think they are’ we will start issuing Pedigree Certification Acknowledgment certificates to those varieties that have been already identified (e.g., Ishreal Thibodeaux, Papa Sylvest, Remondet-Perque, etc.) or will be identified by Mirliton.org. These will be free PDFs emailed to recipients so they can be kept on record with unique certification numbers so we can establish future pedigree claims. They can provide a printed copy to individuals who buy from them as proof of variety claim.
Image 1: Sample Certificate Header
The first round will focus on the Ishreal Thibodeaux growers. This may be a time-consuming process depending on the records available and may not always yield a certificate if we cannot establish the original source or verify based off of physical description and pictures. If you have a viable established mirliton vine of 3+ years and would like to be considered for a certificate, please contact David Hubbell at rpcajun2r@gmail.com .
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