Re: Evaluating seedlings (Was: Re: Beauty Curve in Hostas)

At 07:44 AM 7/8/99 -0400, you wrote:
>At 08:39 AM 7/7/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >Gerry
>>A few years ago, I made a couple of mistakes in picking Hostas to
>>register.  Fortunatly , I cought this before these plants were placed on
>>the market.  I learned that part of the process, needs to be "trials" in
>>gardens in other areas, and in differen parts of my garden.  This now
>>takes me up to (in the case of Oh My Heart, and Gray Fox) as much as 12
>>years.  I place prospective plants in the sun, in "slug infested" parts
>>of the garden, in fairly dense shade, sometimes in relitivly dry areas. 
>>I do select for color, but that is only part of the package. I am
>>usually looking for seasonal longivity, good scape height and bloom
>>form, beautiful leaf forms, as well as unusual plant profiles.  All this
>>takes time, and I worry about all the new plants being registered and
>>put on the market so fast.  
>>Thanks
>>Ran
> 
>Seems like you and the other hybridizers on the list have this evaluation
>thing well in hand, Ran! And here I thought I was suggesting something
>"new."  :-)
>
>Gerry
>Oak Ridge, TN Z7
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>why put your name on something that is not proven, if its money  i can do
better as aplumber.  Im registering H. Yankee Blue  this yr  its a 89
seedling, to be legit u must have a full plantand be garden worthy, and get
raves by others not just u.

indianabob  westville in (where weeds rule)

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