Re: Fw: Sports--Help us {THE ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE?}
Hi Bill,
As usual you are right. This goal you mentioned was ONE of the objectives of
studying hosta sports. But there were other objectives as well. And there will be
still other objectives yet to be discovered as we learn more and more about sports.
We have come a long way since the early 1990's when no one knew the answers to some
of the questions being raised about sports.
How ya doin' Bill?
Jimbo
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Bill Nash wrote:
> At 10:19 PM 03/22/2001 -0800, Lu Treadway wrote:
> >To me, Hosta Sports has that same potential. It is a very VERY important
> >site. It can be a resource used world-wide to track the evolution of our
> >precious hostas.
> >
> >I'm for raising it to a new level of professionalism.
> >
> >Respectfully,
> >
> >Lu
>
> ```` Lu Treadway ..I agree with you whole-heartedly on
> the importance! Now? ..some thoughts keep coming to mind; related to the
> time when Jim Hawes started with his Artist's Palette expansions of the
> Benedict Cross ideas; moving up into clock positions of mutations/sports;
> Bill Meyer's Hosta Color Wheel creation AND etcetera, etcetera...
>
> This thinking, is related to the *ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE* of having a very
> organized classification system for hosta mutations; and I feel that, Jim
> Hawes will have to verify and/or correct me if I am wrong on my assumptions
> of the Hosta Wheels Committee's (and for lack of better words?) let me
> simply refer to it's final purpose as "the hidden agenda & objectives" of same?
>
> TO WHIT ...the most important aspect of placing a new hosta mutation into a
> clock position and using Meyer's Color Wheel as well is: to discourage
> registration of hosta items, which appear identical!
>
> For example ...let us suppose that Bill Nash registers a new mutation,
> under the name of "HI DIDDLE DIDDLE"; Lu Treadway meanwhile, registers a
> hosta called "CAT & FIDDLE"; while Jim Hawes registers one called "COW
> JUMPS OVER MOON"; and none of these three persons, are aware of the other's
> registrations.
> ...now let us also suppose, strictly as a hypothetical
> example, that the three new registered items are each from H. longipes
> 'Grand Slam'; each of these has a center leaf variegation, sitting at 10
> through 11 oclock on the hosta wheel i.e. white centered.
> ...the plants are identical, therefore the logical name
> should be:
> H. 'hididdlediddlecat&fiddlecowjumpedoverthemoon' (spoken as a single
> word!) <<this is made as a joke?>>
> ...HOWEVER! ..having a terrific mutation classification
> system in place, then Registration of all of the above three should not be
> allowed! ..wouldn't everyone agree?
>
> There are many thousands of different named hostas out there. Personally,
> I think, it is about time that identical hosta mutations already
> registered, should not be allowed to be registered? This is a highly
> controvertial position to take, but I'm thinking this was the original
> intent, when Jim Hawes started this work?
>
> TO: Jim Hawes ...please correct me if I am wrong?
>
> :-D))
> diddle'diddle!
> just a little?
>
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