Re: CULT:more on cygon...


-----Original Message-----
From: Irisborer <Irisborer@aol.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list <iris-l@rt66.com>
Date: Thursday, April 30, 1998 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: CULT:more on cygon...


>In a message dated 98-04-30 15:55:13 EDT, you write:
>
><<  We need to get
> AIS to sponsor some university studies on alternative borer treatments.  Do
> you know if they've ever attempted it in the past?
>  >>
>
>Hi Dennis:
>
>AIS would LOVE to sponsor such a study.... only no-one has applied.
>
>There is grant money available for these kind of projects...  but iris borer
>is of limited interest since it only affects us poor unfortunates in the east
>- and irises are not a food crop.
>
>Kathy Guest
>E. Aurora, NY... who wonders if it wouldn't be easier to find a way to destroy
>the moth.....
>
While your on the subject I have talked to various people who have confirmed that the
Universty of California, Davis used to have a few acres in iris for a study prodject
or what ever. How could one find these results or opinions?
Bill Stone        wstone@volcano.net
                        Stone's Iris Garden
                        Volcano, Ca.       Zone 7, 3500' elev. Sierras
P.S. Someone wondered if the bloom report bothers the West Coast, my feelings are we
have every growing condition in Ca. ( well almost ) and mine seems to match the
reports I'm hearing from the Mid-States. Thank you.
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