Intro
- Subject: Intro
- From: D*@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 6 Feb 96 19:47:02 MST
Hello, all! I am an irisarian gardening in Newfield, N.Y. (near Ithaca, home
of Cornell University). I've been raising irises for 10+ years, and have
also been an AIS member about that long. Started out with TBs, like most
folks. Dabbled with arils and arilbreds, not terribly successfully, though I
still grow a few.
Got interested in Siberians, started collecting those and joined the Siberian
Iris Society. My next infatuation was with Japanese irises, so now have some
of them and below to the Society for Japanese Irises. Also got interested in
species, and joined the Species Iris Group of North America. I'm also a
member of the Spuria section, though I have only half a dozen of those, and
they're proving challenging.
This Christmas brought me memberships in HIPS and the Median Section, so now
I'm hopelessly overextended on section memberships. Just keeping up with
the publications is challenging. I probably have about 250 different
varieties of irises; mostly TBs, with smaller amounts of nearly everything
else. I'd like to know how people manage to keep up with 1,000 varieties or
so!
I' ve been to several AIS conventions, which I enjoy enormously. Probably
will not make it to Sacto this year, but have reservations for the M.A.S.S.
(Mad about Species and Siberians) event--or is it Mad About Siberians and
Species)? I'm finding the "mini" conventions every bit as much fun as the
nationals. They're also a terrific learning experience. Hope this list is,
also. Thanks to all who have made it possible!
Dorothy Fingerhood
