Re: SDB spot pattern
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- Subject: Re: SDB spot pattern
- From: "* A* M* <w*@Ra.MsState.Edu>
- Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 18:21:47 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Walter A. Moores" <wam2@Ra.MsState.Edu>
On Sat, 29 Aug 1998, Merle & Linda Roberts wrote:
> >Besides VICTORIA FALLS wonderful genetic potential for color patterns, it
> >grows in the Deep South. The only iris that did not rot in a collection of
> >160 cultivars in LRGV of Texas several years ago. VF also loves south
> >Louisiana. Great iris!
> >
> >Robert Turley
> >Lake Charles, LA
>
>
> I'd like to share what VICTORIA FALLS has brought to my line of tall bearded
> "spot" seedlings. My "COLUMBIA SPRINGS "96" : (EDITH WOLFORD X VICTORIA
> FALLS) was crossed with Cayeux "DELTAPLANE". I was pleasantly surprised with
> numerous reselects - with the white spot and many with a light blue spot
> with dark blue boarders. I took one picture of seedling "98-189a"
> http://www.televar.com/~irisbuff/98189a.htm . The colors and substance in
> this seedling are so strong that I can't resist spreading it's pollen around
> to see where it might take me, and then again it might not take me anywhere.
> Just having fun in my backyard!
>
> Merle Roberts
> Grand Coulee, WA
>
Very interesting, Merle. I am glad you got so many reselects.
Earlier in this discussion mention was made of a plicata influence
in V F. No one but the Schreiner's can answer that question since they
used a numbered seedling, Y 163B, which may be a plicata and the source of
the spot pattern in V F.
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS 7/8
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