Re: TB:Names and a date question

From: "Mike Sutton" <suttons@lightspeed.net>

Hi Rick,
We have all the iris mentioned from Bernice and ran into the same problem.
Thanks for being so diligent and getting them registered.  It is Cloudcaps
Over Galilee
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Tasco/Roger Duncan <randrcv@sierratel.com>
To: iris-talk@onelist.com <iris-talk@onelist.com>
Date: Wednesday, August 26, 1998 8:03 PM
Subject: [iris-talk] 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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