Re: TB: mystery TB (Not Dover Beach..)
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- Subject: Re: TB: mystery TB (Not Dover Beach..)
- From: M* L*
- Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 14:27:41 -0400
From: Mike Lowe <mlowe@worldiris.com>
I must admit, there is something to be said for having grown iris nearly 40
years AND the old mantra: 'to be introduced, an iris must show distinction.'
You do not remember them all, many are forgettable; BUT there are those
iris that, once grown, you never forget.
Twist of Fate (Cleo Palmer 1980) was such a cultivar. When Shauna sent the
jpeg of her Mystery TB, something clicked, and I muttered; "I have grown,
and admired you." I went into my slide collection (way back!) and dredged
up a shot of T.o.F that I took in the early eighties and it was pretty well
a dead ringer. Yclept one taken from the side, one taken in the rain, the
other high shade, one 18 year old Ektachrome the other a video cam, they
were twins.
Let's hear it for hybridizers who truly buy into the 'It MUST Distinctive'
rule!
Cheers,
Mike, mlowe@worldiris.com -- http://www.worldiris.com
South Central Virginia, USA; USDA Zone 7A
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