Re: RE: CULT: Use of Titles
- To: i*@egroups.com
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] RE: CULT: Use of Titles
- From: F* M*
- Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 13:29:29 -0800 (PST)
thank you. am an ais member since 1997 with dues paid
through 2002. believe we were in the same ais chatroom
2 fridays ago.
best regards, martin
--- Dave Silverberg <sil1812@molalla.net> wrote:
> Perhaps a bit of history might shed come light on
> this discussion.
> Quoting from the "Median Bearded Irises Introduction
> and Varietal
> Listing Through 1990" published by the Median Iris
> Society in 1992"-
>
> "The Four Median Iris Classes:
> The present classification, as set up by the
> American Iris Society in
> 1958, was a radical new departure; it created six
> separate and
> separately judged and award classes of bearded
> irises, of which the
> largest in both plant size and number of varieties
> is the tall bearded
> class of the familiar giants of late spring,
> officially all over 27
> inches (68 cm) in height. The smallest in size is
> that of the miniature
> dwarfs (up to 10 inches - 25 cm R. before 1976, up
> to 8 inches - 20 cm
> R. 1976 of after), most of which had also been newly
> created; and the
> other four classes, the in-betweens, were the medium
> sized, or median
> irises.
> 1. Standard Dwarf Bearded Irises
> 2. Intermediate Bearded Irises
> 3. Border Bearded Irises
> 4. Miniature Tall Bearded Irises."
>
> Dave Silverberg
> Molalla, Oregon USA, zone 7/8ish
>
>
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