Re: looking for book recommendations
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] looking for book recommendations
- From: D* K*
- Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 22:35:56 -0500
From: Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com>
>From: "MikeGemelke" <MikeGemelke@email.msn.com>
>
>Hello everyone! After reading iris-talk for about a month, I have developed
>a real interest in hybridizing, but want to get a good deep understanding of
>the hows and whys before I dive in (I'm an engineer by trade, forgive me).
>
>Can anyone recommend some good books on hybridizing?? I'm interested in the
>genetics as well as "practical" information. I'm interested in hybridizing
>TB in particular, but books that generalize to other plants would be good
>too.
>
>Thanks in advance!
>-Mike (zone 4, but soon to be moving to warm and wet zone 7...yeah!!!)
I'm an engineer / wannabeehybridizer too. :)
I have several books on irises, and I would have to say it's difficult to
answer your question. If you're just looking for basic information about
what pollen is, and where does it go? Well, then you should check out
Steve Rocha's web site:
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/7679/hybridizing.html
If you're looking for information on genetics, chromosomes, and
fancy-schmancy scientifc words that are completely unpronouncable, a
really good book is "Iris" by Fritz Kohlein.
If you're looking for detailed information about historical hybridizing,
which often reads like a bible passage (who begat who, who begat who,
etc...) then you want "The World of Irises". This one has a whole section
on the origin of pinks in tall bearded irises, which while thrilling to
many hybridizers, is dreadfully dull to me.
So it just all depends what you're looking for...... For me, my favorite &
most helpful is the one by Fritz Kohlein. I also simply couldn't live
without my copy of "The Louisiana Iris" which covers every aspect of
hybridizing in great detail--ploidy, colors, patterns, rebloom,
germination, etc. But then, I'm into the LAs, and obviously it wouldn't
make much sense for you to get it if you're into TBs.
My best advice is to just hang out here on Iris-Talk and absorb as much as
you can. There's a lot of knowledge shared by some great hybridizers
including Sharon McAllister, Walter Moores, Dorothy Willott, Heather Pryor,
Lloyd Zurbrigg, Mike Sutton, Rick Tassco, and many more! Each has their
special forte (Arils, Louisianas, Rebloomers, etc.)....
Dennis Kramb; dkramb@badbear.com
Cincinnati, Ohio USA; USDA Zone 6; AIS Region 6
http://www.badbear.com/dkramb/home.html
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