Re: AIS: variegata class
- To: i*@egroups.com
- Subject: Re: AIS: variegata class
- From: N* M*
- Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 03:25:42 -0000
--- In iris-talk@egroups.com, dwiris@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 1/18/01 4:29:33 PM Eastern Standard Time,
lmann@i...
> writes:
>
> << Interesting discussion & from the diversity, Betty, it sounds
like you
> would be free to set the definition of what you would and would not
> include in a 'variegata' class in your show.
> >>
>
> Hi Linda,
>
> This is why we switched to cultivar shows many years ago and don't
give any
> awards to irises of any particular color class. It is so much
simpler.
>
> Dorothy Willott
Dorothy, I'm glad you mentioned this. Small shows that use the
cultivar approach tend to give quite a few blue ribbons in classes
where there are only two or three entries.
Not that I object. I took a blue this year with a stalk of Great
Gatsby that was shown only to help fill up a table. But yes, it does
solve the problem. The more the genetic pot is stirred among bearded
iris, the more this approach becomes appropriate. It also shows how
variable a variety can be in differing soils, different culture.
That creates a learning opportunity for the viewers.
Neil Mogensen
