Introducing myself
- Subject: Introducing myself
- From: s*@cs.unm.edu
- Date: Fri, 23 Feb 96 11:32:06 MST
Hello,
This is a brief message to introduce myself. My name is Suzanne Sluizer and
I live in Albuquerque NM. I am the vice president of two local iris groups:
the New Mexico Iris Society and the Albuquerque Aril Society. I am also a
member of the American Iris Society and Aril Society International. I am
presently an apprentice judge of the American Iris Society.
I have a small garden in which I grow a large variety of irises (I don't know
the exact number, but it's well over 500), around 30 roses and various other
plants. I started hybridizing irises two years ago, so my first seedlings
should bloom this spring, which is very exciting. My hybridizing efforts are
focused on median irises, particularly standard dwarf bearded irises (SDBs),
intermediate bearded irises (IBs) and miniature tall bearded irises (MTBs)
and the arilbred irises (ABs). I have done some tall bearded (TB) crosses,
but they take up so much room that I decided it would be a more effective use
of space to concentrate on the smaller irises.
As a side note, if you haven't grown median irises, I would encourage you to
try them. Not only are they beautiful, but they extend the iris season, since
many of the smaller irises bloom long before the TBs. If you can grow TB
irises in your climate, you should be able to grow medians.
In "real life," I am an adjunct professor of Computer Science at the University
of New Mexico. My areas of specialization are programming languages and
software engineering (which used to just be called programming).
Suzanne Sluizer
sluizer@cs.unm.edu
