Dear readers,
First, I would like to look at the total yields from the harvest and pick out the six highest from each population. (I purposely selected ones that were not diseased.)
From Morton's Mix, D4 had the highest yields (223.17g) followed by A7 (188.39g), C2 (179.64g), B5 (173.46g), A1 (172.17g), and B4 (158.72g).
From Freedom's Mix, A7 had the highest yields (149.22g) followed by B6 (132.82g), C8 (131.64g), A4 (126.55g), A1 (124.52g), and C5 (124.21g).
From Philosopher's Mix, A4 had the highest yields (81.51g) followed by D5 (61.37g), C6 (54.48g), B6 (54.43g), A7 (54.11g), and C8 (52.05g).
From Morton's Mix, the plants with the six highest yields all have non-pointy leaves and also all of them have curly leaf shapes except for one (A1=round). Color varies among these plants but only one of them have red color in their leaves. Except for two of them, they all have dark red speckles. And all of them only had slight mildew damage and only one started to bolt according to the first bolting data. However, all of them had little to moderate milkiness on their leaves, which mean that these plants become bitter after their vegetative stage.
From Freedom's Mix, the plants with the six highest yields do not have a lot in common for their leaf shapes. Except for two, all of them had non-pointy leaves. Also except for two, they all have light to medium dark red speckles. Two of them already started to bolt according to the first bolting data and one of them already had flower buds according to the first bolting data.
From Philosopher's Mix, the plants with the six highest yields all have light and dark green color except for one (C4=dark green). All of them have leafy round leaf shapes. All of them have light to heavy dark red speckles except for one. Also, all of them only had slight mildew damage. However the half of them already started to bolt according to the first bolting data.
Out of 32, three plants are either dead or too small to harvest enough from Morton's Mix. Also, two are diseased. (A3, B2)
Four plants are either dead or too small to harvest from Freedom's Mix. One is diseased. (D8)
Three plants are either dead or too small to harvest from Philosopher's Mix.
If I can choose any plants based just on the taste, I would choose ones from Philosopher's Mix, particularly ones with dark green color leaves and leafy round shape, since they have thicker leaves (which I think are more suitable for salad plates) and have mild sweetness (which means they can go along with variety of other toppings in a salad bowl.)
Also, we are not sure if we can get all of the seeds from the plants that we want, since some of the plants with the highest yields did not flower yet.
