Re: Tet. Louisianas x others
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- Subject: Re: Tet. Louisianas x others
- From: R* T* D* <r*@sierratel.com>
- Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 00:57:58 -0700 (MST)
Donald Mosser wrote:
>
> At 06:58 PM 2/6/97 -0700, you wrote:
> >Donald Mosser wrote:
> >> Does anyone know if this type of cross has produced anything fertile?
> >Donald,
> >Don't know if you know, but Durio is introducing that cross this year
> >and it is called Little Calliet. It is announced in the February 1997
> >issue of Flower and Garden. Please be sure to read the last paragraph
> >of the iris article.
> >Rick Tasco
>
> Do you mean the last paragraph of the Flower and Garden article or the last
> paragraph of the Special Publication article on pg. 38?
>
> I'm sorry Rick, I meant to ask whether the F2 generation (such as a selfing
> of Little Calliet) been successful in producing viable offspring which in
> turn are fertile. The 1995 article to which I originally referred
> indicates that selfing produced two pods with no seed, but six seeds
> resulted when it was used as a pollen parent crossed back to SAUTERNE,
> which I assume is a tet. LI.
>
> Does the Flower and Garden article tell the end of this story?
>
> -Donald (in suspense)
>
> Donald Mosser
> Member of AIS, HIPS, SIGNA, SSI, SLI, SPCNI, and IRIS-L
> dmosser@southconn.com
> http://www.geocities.com/rainforest/5570
>
> North Augusta, South Carolina, USA
> On the South Carolina and Georgia Border
> USDA Zone 7b-8
Sorry Donald no update with the Flower and Garden article!
Rick Tasco
Central California
Zone 8
