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Re: Why the preference for hybrid teas?

At 08:57 AM 3/20/98 -0600, you wrote:
>I guarantee you people you have never grown roses will opt for HT stems
>over others any day.  Part of its cultural, I believe, but there may be
>some other innate aesthetics going on here.
>
>It's kinda like "Gentlemen prefer blondes" or "A diamond is a girl's
>best friend."  Even though these stereotypes don't fit everyone, they
>weren't created for nuttin', and they probably hold true for a
>significant number of the population.  What matters in *your* yard is
>growing what you like and can take care of, and not beating yourself for
>lusting in your heart after another's hybrid tea, or feeling the need to
>convert the world away from them other than through not hiding them
>under a bushel (eg plant where others can see or perhaps give as flowers
>to others).  Past that, the preference is out of your hands are
>certainly not a *bad thing* given that HT's CAN be grown organically
>(with a bit more trouble) than growing them chemically.  That's a whole
>nother issue you'd have to work on converting folks to.
>-- 
>Amy Moseley Rupp (amyr@austx.tandem.com)  Austin, TX, USDA z8b, Sunset z30
>Amy Moseley (amy@ece.utexas.edu) Graduate Student in Software Engineering
>
>Austin Rose Society is fairly even split on  HT, Minis, and OGR. At our
Spring rose show coming up 4-19-98, we have Oueen of Shows for all 3. We
meet at Zilker Garden Ctr 3rd Tues. each month. Try us out.

Larry
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