Re: pbrooks@whidbey.net
- Subject: Re: pbrooks@whidbey.net
- From: p*
- Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 21:35:07 -0000
That will be fun to see. Keep us informed, Storylady.
Patricia Brooks
--- In iris-talk@y..., storylade@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 12/25/2001 3:34:05 PM Central Standard Time,
> pbrooks@w... writes:
>
> << So I plan to use both whites and yellows in my '02
> hybridizing and will report on the results.
> >>
>
> Patricia, I know you are good about doing your research so you
probably know
> this, but there must be pink in the background of the whites and
yellows for
> you to get 1st generation pinks. This is what Ben Hager told me
several
> years ago--about the last year he put out a price list.
>
> My personal experience seems to validate this information. For
instance, I
> crossed Paradise by Immortality and got either white or yellow
seedlings.
> Some bitone yellow. (Wish I'd saved some) I don't remember the
beard colors
> on these. Other similar crosses gave the same results.
>
> So check into the pedigrees of your whites & yellows, if you want
1st
> generation pinks.
>
> I've got seed in the pots (2001 seed) that will be fun. I made
this cross
> from seedlings. 9415-1Re X 9525-3. This translates into
((((Victoria Falls
> x Vanity) x Immortality) x (Latest Style x Glistening Icicle) X
(Feedback x
> Champagne Elegance)). My hope is that the Champagne Elegance
(reblooming
> pink/buff amoena with Peach Spot background) will play to Vanity
and produce
> some interesting seedlings. Of course, most will probably be white
or purple
> with a few bitones. The pink may be too watered down to do this.
It will be
> interesting and fun to see the results.
>
> Betty from BG KY USA Zone 6
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