Re: HYB: I. aphylla - BLACK FOREST
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- Subject: Re: HYB: I. aphylla - BLACK FOREST
- From: "* a* C* W* <c*@digitalpla.net>
- Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 08:08:43 -0700 (MST)
Vicki Craig writes:
>
> On page 70 of The World of Iris in the last paragraph is the explanation
> of the background of BLACK FOREST.
>
> To paraphrase: ETHIOP QUEEN crossed to DYMIA resulted in BLACK FOREST,
> a short seedling with the deepest black then known. HARMONY the parent
> of DYMIA is thought to be out of I. aphylla.
If BLACK FOREST received its aphylla influence from HARMONY by way of
DYMIA, then GULF STREAM (Fay, 45), whose parentage is DYMIA X NARAIN,
should have an equal amount of aphylla it its background.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
cwalters@digitalpla.net
