Re^2: Electors

>many problems, keeping the gardens going, getting reports, etc, etc....and so
>the AIS Board discontinued it...way before my time.  But there is nothing
>wrong with AIS Regions sponsoring their own test gardens, like Region 20 does
>with the Dr. Loomis Garden.  I personally think it would be a good thing for
>a Region to do.  Brings in lots of new guest irises and seedlings (which most
>iris breeders donate to the Region to use as they choose after 3

     Interesting you should mention the Dr. Loomis Garden, since my father
Russell Eacker is the current president of that set of plots...  He, my
mother, and the rest of the volunteers have had to put in quite a bit of
effort to keep it running.  You'll all have a chance to see it in '98
when Denver has the annual convention.  But he does have to work at getting
plants, and has had a number of cultivars he's asked out here in California
to send him test plants who haven't taken the time to get them to him.

     So even if there were a number of test gardens, it's not likely you
would see a vast variety of plants in each... Most can't afford to buy the
plants, since they are volunteer gardens.  And the cultivars probably can't
afford to send out that number of free plants.

            Just my thoughts,
                   Brad Eacker (beacker@cks.com)
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