Re: OT what's in a name
- To: i*@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: OT what's in a name
- From: c* s* <s*@aristotle.net>
- Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 09:35:25 -0500
From: celia storey <storey@aristotle.net>
Karen writes:
>All of this talk about names reminds me that when the convention was here in
>Lincoln, NE the local paper did a story on Mr. Ensinger and his breeding
>successes. At the time he was trying to breed what he thought would be a
>perfect iris and they reported that when he felt he had done so, he would name
>it after his wife, Gladys. At that time he was introducing his iris ALMOST
>GLADYS.
A wonderful fellow I met this spring, George Bange, takes credit for
suggesting ALMOST GLADYS. Story is he was touring the Ensinger garden, saw
that seedling, and knowing the plan, turned to Mr. Ensinger and said,
"Well, that one's Almost Gladys."
celia
s*@aristotle.net
Little Rock, Arkansas, USDA Zone 7b
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257 feet above sea level,
average rainfall about 50 inches (more than 60" in '97)
average relative humidity (at 6 a.m.) 84%.
moderate winters, hot summers ... but lots of seesaw action in all seasons
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