Re: Iris Breeding

In a message dated 97-02-09 00:15:54 EST, you write:

Lloyd Z said
><< Surprised to hear that there is aril in EARL OF ESSEX.  
> I.,reichenbachii or sualeolens; are you quite sure?? >>

and Clarence replied
>Lloyd, the aril in EARL OF ESSEX comes from ..... a White Oncobred.  
>
>Perhaps my message was not clear with respect to I. reichenbachii and
>suaveolens........ And every dominant
>amoena out of PROGENITOR has one or the other of these two species in its
>background. 

Speaking of sorting of hereditary traits, selecting varieties that might do
well in problem areas, etc - I apologize in advance if I scramble this, but E
of E is a plicata/amoena?  and from earlier discussions and my own experience
killing (or at least tormenting) iris in my garden/climate, most popular
plicatas don't do well (=usually die).  I haven't tried E of E, but ENGLISH
COTTAGE (which according to the checklist has much the same genetic makeup,
but not the SKY QUEEN/arilbred connection) is a rampant weed here.   E of E
does well in other gardens here, I think, and for Julie Allen not too far
away (I think).  But I would have expected those arilbred genes to increase
problems associated with a lot of rain.  So is this possibly an instance
where drought/heat tolerance (=less prone to drought injury and subsequent
rot) from aril background might contribute to more widespread adaptability?
 I realize this is a huge leap of logic based on no data, but thought I would
share this passing thought.

Anybody already rooted through ancestry of JESSE'S SONG versus STEPPING OUT
who'd like to venture a guess as to why (which parents) J S has so much more
vigor (resistance to all the drought, cold, big and little bug damage that
lead to rot) than S O?

Linda Mann east Tenneseee USA
(still full of questions)
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