RE: HYB: seedling overdose
- Subject: RE: [iris-talk] HYB: seedling overdose
- From: J* R*
- Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 08:53:27 -0700
Mike:
Actually, some of those "Sutton" things have excellent branching and bud
count. (Looking at 4 open flowers on a stalk of Abiding Joy, and having won
"Best Space-Age" at SFVIS with a double on Bye Bye Blues that was probably 3
the second day.)
John Reeds
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> From: Mike Sutton[SMTP:suttons@lightspeed.net]
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> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 2:33 PM
> To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [iris-talk] HYB: seedling overdose
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> Right on John. Seems to me that a few Dykes medal winners have been short
> on bud count, huh? :-)
> Mike
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> > Francelle: Seems to me some judges ONLY care about branching and bud
> count.
> > Some even "prefer" tailored form. I'm not into bunchy stalks, and I
> love
> > good branching, but 5-7 buds of a drop-dead gorgeous flower beats 14
> > well-branched buds on a plain lightly ruffled lavender in my book. Want
> 14
> > buds? Grow 2 stalks of a vigorous and gorgeous one. Not all flowers
> have
> > everything; if so, we could stop hybridizing today.
> >
> > Keep going. Many excellent iris do not have great bud count. Not often
> > you'll see more than three buds open at once anyway, so for that limited
> > time your flower is prettier than theirs. Theirs just stays around
> longer.
> >
> > John Reeds, in sunny 9b southern California where new bed #3 (oldies)
> just
> > got planted last weekend.
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