Variegatas

Back in the days before Paul Cook complicated the issue with the 
Progenitor derivities I thought I knew what a variegata was.  It was 
the same thing as an amoena but on yellow ground.  The fall color was 
in an overlay--the falls yellow on the outside, colored on the 
inside.  The pattern could be either nearly solid or in stripes, 
streaks, wash or any combination--as in the species variegata, and it 
was still called a variegata.  With the advent of the crosses of 
Melodrama and Whole Cloth with browns, reds, Mary Randall-types, and 
so on the outpouring of the type leading to Edith Wolford were being 
called variegatas also to the discomfort of many at the time.  Since 
we can't agree on even how to pronounce the word (vehr-ee-aye-GAY-
tuh, var-ee-uh-GAH-tuh, etc.) I'm not sure just how useful the word 
is anyway.  "Bi-color" pretty well covers the subject, but then, what 
do we do with those that are a medley of several colors and not just 
two?

"Amoena" has the same problem, and is further complicated by calling 
white stds/yellow falls "amoenas" too.

Then comes Starship Enterprise.  What fun.
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