HYB: Fertility
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- Subject: HYB: Fertility
- From: S* M* <7*@compuserve.com>
- Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 11:51:38 -0600 (MDT)
Looks like I "won the lottery".
I've made many 1/4-bred X
1/4-bred crosses in the last
twentysome years, with nothing
remarkable to show for my efforts
until this morning. =
Try to picture this:
Standards -- fine violet veining
on white ground, held open by
strong mid-ribs. [I. paradoxa form]
Style arms -- golden yellow
Falls -- nicely rounded, greenish-buff
ground with large ruby overlay and
small near-black signal.
Hardly a conventional halfbred, but
with so many aril characteristics I
think there's a good chance that it
will prove fertile.
So this type of cross is definitely worth
trying -- even if you have to repeat
it for 20 years to get a "keeper".
Sharon McAllister
73372.1745@compuserve.com
