Not to dwell on the matter, especially since the whole matter and apparent
frustration has died down. But I just noticed something in the Registry
for two Introductions. It was touched on that a Hybridizer could
vie for certain awards by how they classified their Introduction. That
was only relating one cultivar to one class. However, these
two specific cultivars were not mentioned together. They are 'Alpha Gnu'
and 'Blueberry Philly'. AG is Registered as a Spec-X and BF is
Registered as an IB with only a difference in height of an inch, base
color.
BLUEBERRY FILLY
(Brad Kasperek, R. 1998) Sdlg. 94-13-67. IB, 23" (58 cm), VE
Blue
violet (RHS 89B/C), silver white streaking; style arms violet blue; beards
light yellow; broken color pattern; slight fragrance. Batik X Ostry
White. Zebra 2000.
ALPHA GNU
(Brad Kasperek, R. 1998) Sdlg. 94-13-20. SPEC-X, 22" (56 cm), VE
Red
violet (RHS 88A/B) streaked silver white (155C); style arms violet lavender;
beards light yellow; broken color pattern; slight fragrance. Batik X
Ostry White. Zebra 1999. HM 2002, HM 2003, AM 2005, Ran-P
2008.
Has anyone seen them side by side or at least in person to be able to tell
a difference?
So, we are to guess Mr. Kasparek, is attempting to vie for two awards by
classifying them differently?
Is that fair? Can that be justified? Another loophole for
Hybridizers to wiggle through?
Please don't misunderstand me, Brad is a very nice person and very hard
working, but at what point will AIS draw the line assuming there is no real
difference morphologically between them?
