Re: Re:KILT LILT etc
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re:KILT LILT etc
- From: M* G*
- Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 12:52:16 -0400
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From: <RYFigge@aol.com>
To: <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>; <ptyerman@ozemail.com.au>;
<gerrysnyder@mediaone.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 12:17 PM
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re:KILT LILT etc
> Paul is so correct about descriptions in R & I-- the criticism/suggestion
> goes to the hybridizer! It is very frustratinng! There are SO many
things
> about an iris that should be described! The Stylearms (and they can be
> really spectacular, but you wonder if the hybridizer ever looks at them!).
> Is the rib the same color or contrasting? Etc ad infinitum, The
Beard
> is it the same color from end to inside? And what does "tipped" mean ?
The
> end of the beard or the tip of each "hair"? I don't think they are
> consistent about this. And how about the haft? No marks, color, etc
Then
> of course there is a possibility of fragrance -- however people's snifters
> vary and I think I remember someone saying that the "smell" changes with
age
> -- that pinks eventually "stink" ( a word my mother frowned upon, when I
used
> it as a child -- there is a more polite word!) There are many variables,
I
> realize, not just people's eyes and snifters, but also weather and
soil ---
> but still, more guidelines would be a big help!
> At one time there was talk of requiring photos when registering an iris.!
> That might work, but then there is the variable in photographer. and film.
> I'll never forget the catalogues, MANY years ago, from Cooley and
Schreiner
> and how you would not recognize AMIGOS GUITAR as the same iris, they were
> pictured so differently.
> Well, I've put my foot in it with my 2-cents worth, so I'll retire for a
> while and eat lunch so I am in better shape to lick my wounds that will
come!
> Rosalie nr Baltimore,USA zone 7 ryfigge@aol.com
Rosalie you are too much your post makes my day.
Wondering how much you could get on EBAY for a confederate half penny.
I had seen decriptions and photos of HONKY TONK BLUES and it did not do
anything for me. I saw it at a show a couple of years ago and it went to the
top of my want list. I haven't learned how to look at a description and then
picture the iris yet. They need to be better.
Mike Greenfield
redear@infinet.com
SW OH Zone 5b, USA
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