HYB:Urban Legends

Talkers, (& Listeners),

Bloom season will be here quicker than many of us would like . . . winter 
flew.  It will soon be time to help Mother Nature once again.  Before then, 
I'd like to hear about hybridizing experiments & experiences that seem to 
have dispelled urban legends.

When I was beginning to hybridize in the early to mid 80's I read everything 
I could find about irises.  And, when hybridizers wrote, I took everything to 
be the truth.

I'll start by offering some of my urban legends that may OR may not be true.  
         1)     Wide crosses usually produce dogs!  I interpreted this to 
mean that something like red x white would be a bad choice to cross.  
2)  Selfs produced from plicata & self crosses are usually hafty . . . have 
serious haft marks. 

Although I've seen evidence that indicates the above may be true, I'm not 
sure of the truth of these statements. 

Questions & Answers are both appreciated.  Anyone care to join in? 


Betty Wilkerson from BG KY USA Zone 6 

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