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This was a bed full of all the different Purples I grew out side by side back around 04/05...I grew Urkle (aka The Purple), Grandaddy Purple, Grape Ape, Bridgeville Black Afghan, Nepalean Purple, Purple Nepal, Tuity Fruity Purple, Pakistani Purple Kush, among others...a lot of the 'names' were the same cuts...but Grandaddy Purple, Tuity Fruity Purple, and Grape Ape were all different. The Grape Ape was the biggest and GDP always seemed kinda 'meh' compared to Urkle. Their differences were more apparent when grown outdoors in full sun long season as that's when the plants reached their full potential.
Most all of what
@WeirdWentPro says is true...or at least same I've heard over the years. There's some weirdness about the Mendo Purp's story...I've heard the same story he tells but that comes from Les (RIP) and it doesn't fit with the popular Mendo Purple cut that Jason Kings girlfriend at the time sprouted around Y2K. I'm guessing it's 2 different Mendo Purps?
Grandaddy Purple is Purple Urkle x Salmon Creek
Bigbud as Weird said...and there's no fantastic backstory on Salmon Creek
Bigbud's heredity...Chris (RIP/MIA) smuggled 50 Sensi
Bigbud seeds back from Amsterdam the year it won the cup...nothing more, nothing less...maybe that's why that info was held close?
As for Grape Ape...I don't believe Bret had anything to do with breeding it...I was under the assumption he merely acquired the cut roundabout Mendocino?