Re: Mutations and seedlings
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- Subject: Re: Mutations and seedlings
- From: "* G* C* <j*@erols.com>
- Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 21:19:06 -0600 (MDT)
Paul & Yvonne Tyerman wrote:
> . . .
> Anyhow, the upshot of this is that if you have any spare seeds from crosses
> with 93B11 then feel free to send them this way so taht we might just have
> a vague chance of seeing something like it in the flesh in Australia.
>
Paul -- I guess you are referring to the problem of getting plant
material into Australia. At the moment, all seeds from the two planned
93B11 crosses are planted and just now in the process of producing
seedlings. One cross produced 32 seeds and the other 54. Given that
93B11 is the offspring of recessive amoenas (though the pollen parents
are not), that's not a bad seed count. However, the germination thus
far is 16 of the 32 (50%) and 17 of the 54 (31%). Even this is not bad,
compared to many other crosses I have made involving the recessives. My
objective is to see whether the bloom characteristics carry through into
the progeny. If so, there really is a chance for some interesting
irises.
Griff Crump, along the tidal Potomac near Mount Vernon, VA
jgcrump@erols.com
