Re: Digest Number 837
From: Gerry Snyder <gcsnyd@loop.com>
Jeanne Holley wrote:
>
> Regarding new introductions, I am now quite confused.
> My understand, and please correct me if I am wrong, is
> that after an iris was registered (with Keith Keppel
> at this time) one had as long as one wanted to
> introduce the iris and that only after it was
> introduced would it be considered for HC, HM, etc.
Almost totally correct. The above is right on the money for an HM.
An HC, however, is for seedlings--irises that have not been introduced.
>
> This is of the utmost importance to me since I have
> registered an iris that I plan to introduce, but since
> I do not have a sale garden I must do it through an ad
> in the bulletin and that is quite expensive (for me).
All you have to do to introduce an iris is write up a price list and
send Keith a copy. A Bulletin ad assures that many serious irisarians
will see it, however.
> Therefore I had planned to delay introduction for a
> year or two and send rhizomes to people in other areas
> for viewing and testing.
Probably a good idea no matter how the introduction takes place. On the
one hand, it might not do well in other areas, making introduction less
desirable. On the other, if it does thrive elsewhere, it has some
important early exposure towards getting recognition and medals.
>
> When it was stated that there are only three years
> after registration for award eligibility, I thought
> perhaps I misunderstood the rules. I would appreciate
> some clarification from those of you who are far more
> knowledgeable than I about this. Thank you.
The three years start two or three years after introduction, not after
registration, so what you have done and are planning is fine and will
result in the desired three years on the ballot.
Good luck with your iris. I am sure I am not alone in wanting to hear
more about it.
Gerry
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g*@loop.com
Gerry Snyder, AIS Symposium Chair
Region 15 Ass't RVP, JT Chair
Member San Fernando Valley, Southern California Iris Societies
in warm, winterless Los Angeles
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