Let me illustrate what i said below with some pics...I know you all like pics...

This is a desert phase Cal King


This is a Black King (not pure, because it is from AZ)


This is a typical Yuma king from Yuma, AZ


This is a Greaser hyper melanistic from Los Angeles (Long Beach)


Now, you can see that there is a big difference between the Yuma and the normal hyper-melanistic Greaser. And the Yuma appears to be intermediate between the Black King and the Cal King, which just happen to have ranges next to each other.

Is this getting any clearer yet? The Greaser is not an intergrade because it occurs surrounded by other normal looking Cal Kings. The Yuma probably is an intergrade pattern because it is NOT surrounded on all sides by normal Cal Kings...it has a Black king for a southern neighbor. I really don't see why this is so tough.

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