Cult of Var.
STRAIN LINEAGE DATABASE
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Durban Poisonlandrace1 source
Purple Urklehybrid1 source · disputed
Skunkhybrid1 source · disputed
Big Budhybrid2 sources · disputed
Mendocino Purpshybrid1 source · disputed
Bay 11hybrid1 source
BC Big Bud (F6)hybrid1 source · disputed
Purple Urkelhybrid2 sources · disputed
Granddaddy Purplehybrid5 sources
Platinum Girl Scout Cookieshybrid1 source · disputed
Granddaddy Purplehybrid5 sources
Bay Platinum Cookieshybrid2 sources · disputed
Granddaddy Purplehybrid5 sources
Platinum Cookieshybrid1 source · disputed
Granddaddy Purplehybrid5 sources
Platinum GSChybrid1 source · disputed

Parents

Sources name different parents — 4 versions recorded.

VERSION 1 · 2 SOURCES

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Shown first: named by 2 sources; the next version has 1.

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Candyland

aka candy land

Cookies/Bakery
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Ancestor of 15 strains

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Disputed lineage

At least one parent for this strain is contested — sources disagree on its lineage.

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Children

Show all 15 children
Sour Patch Kidshybrid0 descendants
Purple Ghost Candyhybrid0 descendants
Sour Beltshybrid0 descendants
Tangie Landhybrid0 descendants
Glitter Gluehybrid0 descendants
Pink Picassohybrid0 descendants
Candy Fuelhybrid0 descendants
False Teethhybrid0 descendants
Animal Candyhybrid0 descendants
Animal Landhybrid0 descendants
Candy Cookieshybrid0 descendants
Japanese Melonshybrid0 descendants

3 more descendants

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Aroma profile

Aroma profile of CandylandStrongest: Candy Sweetness, Floral, Earth.typicalBright peel and juice: lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit. Often driven by limonene, the same compound that makes citrus rind smell like citrus rind.CitrusConfection rather than fruit: sugar, tropical brightness, an almost artificial sweetness. Ester-driven, and the register modern dessert-lineage breeding has pushed hardest.CandySweetnessDeep and jammy: grape, blueberry, plum, berry. Comes from esters rather than terpenes, which is why two strains can share a terpene profile and taste nothing alike.Dark FruitBlossom and petal: lavender, rose, violet. Linalool sits behind much of this; it is what makes lavender smell like lavender, and it turns up in cannabis more often than people expect.FloralGreen, leafy and cooling: sage, tea, mint, cracked pepper. Pinene and terpinolene drive the fresh green edge; the peppery bite is caryophyllene, the only terpene known to bind directly to a cannabinoid receptor.HerbaceousSoil, forest floor, bark and pine. Myrcene and humulene do most of the work here — humulene is the same compound that makes hops smell like hops.EarthSour, savory, barnyard: skunk, aged cheese, pungency. Like Gas, this is sulfur chemistry rather than terpenes, which is why it survives drying and curing so stubbornly.FunkFuel and solvent: diesel, chemical sharpness, ammonia. Not a terpene smell at all — the gassiness in cannabis comes from volatile sulfur compounds, the same family that gives skunk and garlic their punch.GasBakery and dairy: vanilla, butter, coffee, toasted nut. The Cookies and Gelato register, and the newest of the nine in cannabis terms — it barely existed before the 2010s.Dessert &Cream
What the axes mean
Citrus
Bright peel and juice: lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit. Often driven by limonene, the same compound that makes citrus rind smell like citrus rind.
Candy Sweetness
Confection rather than fruit: sugar, tropical brightness, an almost artificial sweetness. Ester-driven, and the register modern dessert-lineage breeding has pushed hardest.
Dark Fruit
Deep and jammy: grape, blueberry, plum, berry. Comes from esters rather than terpenes, which is why two strains can share a terpene profile and taste nothing alike.
Floral
Blossom and petal: lavender, rose, violet. Linalool sits behind much of this; it is what makes lavender smell like lavender, and it turns up in cannabis more often than people expect.
Herbaceous
Green, leafy and cooling: sage, tea, mint, cracked pepper. Pinene and terpinolene drive the fresh green edge; the peppery bite is caryophyllene, the only terpene known to bind directly to a cannabinoid receptor.
Earth
Soil, forest floor, bark and pine. Myrcene and humulene do most of the work here — humulene is the same compound that makes hops smell like hops.
Funk
Sour, savory, barnyard: skunk, aged cheese, pungency. Like Gas, this is sulfur chemistry rather than terpenes, which is why it survives drying and curing so stubbornly.
Gas
Fuel and solvent: diesel, chemical sharpness, ammonia. Not a terpene smell at all — the gassiness in cannabis comes from volatile sulfur compounds, the same family that gives skunk and garlic their punch.
Dessert & Cream
Bakery and dairy: vanilla, butter, coffee, toasted nut. The Cookies and Gelato register, and the newest of the nine in cannabis terms — it barely existed before the 2010s.

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12 sister strains

Apples and Bananashybridhalf sister26 descendantsBrownie Scouthybridhalf sisterCheddar Cheesehybridhalf sisterMonster Cookieshybridhalf sister2 descendantsScooby Snackshybridhalf sister6 descendantsSugar Canehybridhalf sister1 descendantFrench Cookieshybridhalf sister2 descendantsCherry Vanillahybridhalf sister1 descendantPineapple Cookieshybridhalf sister1 descendantRotten Candyhybridhalf sisterCrystal Cookieshybridhalf sister1 descendantPeanut Brittlehybridhalf sister