Re: HYB: Quarterbreds Aril Qualities

In a message dated 4/14/00 8:46:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
wmoores@watervalley.net writes:

<<  The JT handbook says a quartebred should show two aril 
 characteristics, but doesn't say what they are.  I was wondering if
 the rhizome counts.  You cannot see it either in the garden or on 
 the showbench, and I have thought of this at digging time.  My little 
 ARIL REVERIE's rhizomes look like they would produce half or 
 three quarter type blooms.  The rhizome counts in my estimation, 
 because when you see it, you can easily tell that the arilbred blood 
 is there.
 
    Is this a foolish question?>>

Seems to me its a good question, Walta.  I just looked back at my notes from 
a judges training session in Denver given by Peter McGrath, and they also say 
"two characteristics", but don't list them!  Maybe Peter did and I didn't 
write 'em down.

What I DO remember from that session is finding out that a signal is more 
than just a "spot pattern", that the plant cells in the signal are elongated, 
which gives some kind of texture rather than just color.  I had to run out to 
my garden when I got back to do some signal v. spot differentiating!  That 
was interesting. 

Dorothy Stiefel
IrisAcher@aol.com
Dryden, NY  Zone 5  

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