Perhaps I didn't present my point in the way in which I intended. My point was that a calico that is lacking all they key characteristics of a calico (pattern and color), and is low white... shouldn't be expected to make a bunch of quality calicos.
The low white calicos that you guys posted are indeed nice and I have no doubt that they will produce both low white and high white calicos.
So we can conclude that the amount of white on an animal isn't genetic and doesn't determine "quality". Its a random occurrence.
Perhaps when I have the means to do so, I will experiment with selectively breeding low white vs high white pieds. I have a hard time believing (even if it is true) that you can't selectively breed for low white or high white animals to some extent.
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