Re: TB:Names and a date question

From: Rick Tasco/Roger Duncan <randrcv@sierratel.com>

celia storey wrote:

> >MY FRIEND JONATHAN (Bernice Miller 96) TB 36", EM & RE (Aug-Nov in AL).
> >Bright fuschia and brick blend, veined chocolate; beards bronze; lightly
> >ruffled, faintly laced. Garden of the Enchanted Rainbow '94

> >SISTER MIRIAM SINGS (Bernice Miller 96) TB 36", EM & RE. Lemon yellow
> >self, hafts slightly deeper, white spot below yellow beardl; ruffled,
> >laced. Garden of the Enchanted Rainbow '94
> >
> 
> Now my question for everyone: Look at these dates. I checked the front of
> the '97 R&I book and didn't see a correx for either of these. How does a
> plant wind up with an intro date earlier than its registration date? Anyone?

Hi Celia--

I can answer that particular question very easily.  1994 was one of the
last years that Bernice Miller did any introducing and somehow she
didn't get the plants registered then, but she did list them in her
catalog and sell them as introductions.

A couple of years ago, we came into a large amount of stock of 3 of
those Miller 94's (Sister Miriam Sings, Priscilla of Corinth, My Friend
Jonathan and another that we no longer grow and the name escapes me
right now--something like Cloudcaps over Galilee??).

We wanted to list them in our catalog so we checked the R&I's and
couldn't find any information, we then contacted the AIS Registrar Keith
Keppel to find out the story.  Keith said they were never officially
registered.  So Keith and I worked with Bernice and I filled out the
paperwork, paid the fee, and got the names registered for Bernice.  She
was in poor health at the time and I was glad to help her out with what
may have been her last intros.

That's the story of how THOSE particluar iris were introduced before
they were registered.

Rick Tasco
Superstition Iris Gardens
Central California Sierra Navada foothills--Zone 8--a pleasant 89 today
with more heat (near 100 again) expected in the coming days.


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