Yes indeed! And thanks for your helpful reply.
--- In i*@yahoogroups.com, Rodney Barton <rbartontx@...> wrote:
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> It's nice to see that some of our babies grow up to be named and registered or
> become parents of those that do!
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> Rod
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> From: Eleanor Hutchison <eleanore@...>
> To: i*@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thu, January 13, 2011 1:51:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [iris-species] designations in seed listings
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> Good question, Tom, and good answer Rodney.
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> I also noted how seeds from SIGNA were noted for registered iris, when I was
> working on the AIS Iris Encyclopedia, to mention but a few:
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> SIGNA seed 03B-024
> Seed from SIGNA Seed Exchange
> SIGNA seed 96N345 X Mysterious Monique
> from SIGNA seed of "Ecru", X I. ensata purple sdlg
> SIGNA seed exchange via T. Tamberg and Sam Norris
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> El
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> From: Rodney Barton
> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 9:04 AM
> To: i*@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [iris-species] designations in seed listings
>
> Tom,
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> It is complicated but you have it. Yes to the first question. The simplest way
> to list your hypothetical seeds would be "I. pumila ex SIGNA" and the seed lot
> #. To be complete you could repeat the description from that lot number, but we
> seldom see that complex a description and by this time they are pretty far from
> Armenia. :) In any case, you can always contact the contributor for more
> information about seeds.
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>
> Rodney
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