Re: RE: Re: AIS Symposium
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Sorry everybody. Shipping season must be getting to me!
Margaret
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Sutton <suttons@lightspeed.net>
To: <iris-talk@egroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 6:00 PM
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] RE: Re: AIS Symposium
>
> Sorry to hear about your son. We will go ahead and cancel the order, and
> maybe next year!
>
> Thanks anyway
>
> Margaret
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Donald Eaves <donald@eastland.net>
> To: <iris-talk@egroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 5:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [iris-talk] RE: Re: AIS Symposium
>
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> > Hello Folks,
> >
> > Gerry writes, but I'm not sure if this is his thought or an AIS thought.
> > >
> > >One of the purposes of AIS is to try to improve the quality of iris
that
> > >get out into circulation. Symposium rankings are used by some to choose
> > >iris to buy.
> >
> > I have trouble with this. Maybe just because of where I grow irises,
but
> > just what is meant by quality? I do grow and have bought using the
> > Symposium results as a guideline. Frankly it hasn't worked. Some of
> > my better performing irises didn't come from the list. Some appearing
> > on the list have been poor performers. Unfortunately they have been
> > consistant poor performers. I like some well enough to keep fooling
> > with them, others I have and will find new homes for. If it is only
bloom
> > quality or showbench quality, then the Symposium would be useless
> > as a guideline for garden growing. As I scan down the list available
for
> > making my mark, there really aren't too many I think deserve a vote,
> > even some I liked pretty well for the bloom appearance. As a list of
> > favorites I have no problem with the list since any given iris could be
a
> > favorite for many reasons. As a guideline for purchasing irises, I'm
> > afraid I'm a skeptic here. As a guideline for denoting quality, I'm
even
> > more skeptical.
> >
> > I'm too suspicious perhaps, but I think even irises
> > might be subject to the whims of fashion. Hot for the moment and
> > then something new. For the garden, I'd like something that could
> > stand the test of time. I want new things, of course, but I wouldn't
> > be too likely to leave out a couple of the historics I grow which seemed
> > to me to be superior to some newer ones. They just simply had a
> > good mix of balance and growth and bloom. They looked right.
> > Qualities that work as garden plants.
> >
> > I do like the idea of an open symposium among the different iris types.
> > Variety really does spice up plantings. I'm not much for cookie cutter
> > patterns repeated endlessly in different colors. I would be very
> > surprised if only TBs appeared on an open symposium if the data
> > is collected from AIS members. Too many folks interested in irises
> > over too broad a spectrum. I have no thoughts whatsoever on making
> > such a symposium manageable.
> >
> > Donald Eaves
> > donald@eastland.net
> > Texas Zone 7, USA....HOT, HOTTER AND HOTTER here and no rain.
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