Re: CULT: Evaluating Increase

Hi Gary,

How interesting that you took the time to make a record.  According to the
Judges Handbook, ideally an Iris should double each year.  Hooker Nichols
was very firm about that in a class he taught.

They all don't do that.  I personally think a lot depends on the conditions
of the year, water or rain, grasshoppers and borers, and soil conditions,
well drained or not and the quality of the soil.

Last year my well pump had a problem and by the time it was fixed many of my
Iris had suffer some harm due to the dryness of the year.  I did not see the
amount of increases in established clumps that I had seen the previous year,
with all other elements similar.

What do you think?

Char, in New Berlin WI
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From: <Gardenklr@aol.com>
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Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 2:12 PM
Subject: [iris] CULT: Evaluating Increase


> I divided a couple of midwest garden plots last summer that were planted
in
> 2000 and 2001 and recorded the increase for each iris.  One rhizome was
planted
> for each iris type and each year's planting was in a single plot.  Growing
> conditions were the same for each.  Some were purchased from Oregon and
the
> remaining from our local club auction or Region 18 auction.  Particular
> hybridizers had good and poor performing irises in my garden during these
growing
> seasons.  Based on this info I would not exclude an iris I wanted to add
to my
> garden based upon hybridizer.  All increased, some just increased faster.
>
> 3 Year Growth
>     Increase
>     16  Evergreen Hideaway   Ames 88
>     29  Queen Dorothy        E. Hall 84
>     16  Edith Wolford       Hager 86
>     15  Rosalie Figge           J. McNew 91
>     9   Spirit World            Keppel 94
>     14  Dusky Challenger    Schreiner 86
>     8   Abiding Joy         Sutton 97
>     17  Jesse's Song                Williamson 83
>     28  Grace Thomas        Zurbrigg 85
>
> 2 Year Growth
>     7   Good Deed           Black 01
>     11  Tom Johnson         Black 96
>     5   Vibrant               Black 99
>     2   Do Wa  Diddy          Burseen 98
>     3   Forest Waves            Edelman 00
>     13  Romantic Evening    Ghio 96
>     12  Cordoba               Ghio 98
>     3   Ocelot                Ghio 98
>     13  Ostentatious            Ghio 98
>     8   Beverly Sills           Hager 79
>     8   Chasing Rainbows    Hager 98
>     2   Galactic Warrior    Hedgecock 00
>     4   Cantrell's Raiders  Hedgecock 99
>     5   Hook                    Johnson 01
>     14  Night Game              Keppel 96
>     10  Sneezy                  Keppel 96
>     6   Fashionably Late    Keppel 98
>     14  Midnight Oil            Keppel 98
>     5   Kiwi Cheesecake       Niswonger 98
>     12  Country Charm         Schreiner 98
>     6   World Premier       Schreiner 98
>     6   Celtic Harp             Stahly 98
>     8   Marine Luster           Weiler 81
>
> Gary Keller
> Florissant, Mo
> GSLIS
> Region 18
> Zone 5
>
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