Re: REF: Books for New Hybridizer
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] REF: Books for New Hybridizer
- From: D* K*
- Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 23:08:14 -0500
From: Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com>
>OK, I know I have a tendancy for contrariness, but I honestly believe
>Dennis' recommendation is quite a valid one.
No wonder I like you so! :)
>I started with Kohlein (not a lot available in Aus) and made a bee-line for
>the section on genetics, which, admittedly, was heavy reading, but
>interesting enough to suck me into hybridising.
>Yes 'The World Of Iris' is a little easier to understand. These 2 books were
>the ONLY place I found the information I required as a 'beginner
>hybridiser', apart from on this list. I take it Dennis (as a fellow 'novice
>hybridiser') would agree with me?
Yes, exactly my experience too. It was my first "iris-only" book
experience, and I dove straight for the genetics stuff too. I was totally
overwhelmed, but I found if I read through it in small chunks, some of it
actually sunk in & made sense. The things that didn't make sense, I asked
about on Iris-Talk, and usually somebody was able to dumb it down enough
for me to comprehend.
TWOI is a good book, but I get more use out of Kohlein's. But I get even
more use out of my "The Louisiana Iris" book. But most of my knowledge
still comes from Iris-Talk and the LA-Iris chat list.
>Mike sounds as if he has a working brain to me. I think he will find both to
>be interesting reading.
>
>>Furthermore, the orientation is not American.
>This is a disadvantage - nein?
Ja.
>Cheers, Jan Clark, Australia,
Cheerios, Dennis Kramb, USA
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