Re: Re: CULT: ROT: Is it genetic?
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: CULT: ROT: Is it genetic?
- From: "wmoores" w*@watervalley.net
- Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 06:42:52 -0500
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On 9 Aug 2002 at 5:13, Sandra Barss wrote:
> For what it is worth, based on my limited experiences. The irises
> that have thin narrow leaves, like Immortality and Pagan Dance in my
> garden don't rot.
>
> Sandra
>
Narrow leaves often times indicate in-breeding (line-breeding). If
I hear they have narrow foliage, I don't buy them.
Here a cultivar with narrow, skimpy leaves is not apt to bloom or
have a long life in my garden. It dies or I chunk it.
Other narrow foliage irises will overgrow into a grassy type clump,
producing many stalks of less than a foot high. Rhizomes are
generally tiny.
I don't think a narrow foliage iris is good as a parent. I would not
want to pass on the above, undesirable traits.
I try to avoid these, but it is hard to know since narrow foliage is not
mentioned in the R & I.
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS USA 7/8
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