Re: CULT: "Reversion" to White
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: CULT: "Reversion" to White
- From: "* A* M* <w*@Ra.MsState.Edu>
- Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 17:38:46 -0600 (MDT)
On Sat, 18 Apr 1998, Sharon McAllister wrote:
> Apologies if I've missed it, but
> I haven't noticed anyone giving the
> most common explanation for
> "reversion": tiny nubbins of the
> previous residents left behind
> when they were ousted to make
> room for new acquisitions. =
>
Even if you miss getting every piece and you have 'volunteers,'
the entire bed or field would not be white unless you grew nothing but
white irises there.
I am still waiting for SWERTII (1612) to turn white. 387 years in
cultivation is long enough for it to change color, right?
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS 7/8 (where it has rained for 24 hours nonstop)
