Re: test gardens

	Linda Mann wrote:

>The only problem with the Loomis Test is that it isn't wet and humid enough
>to test vigor in the really soggy parts of the country.   I guess they could
>solve that shortcoming by installing overhead sprinklers and emulating a
>wetter climate ....Maybe a second level of screening for those that survive
>the cold, or for those being considered for the highest AIS awards.


	I have been mulling over this thread re test gardens, AIS awards
	system, etc. No one, certainly not I, has the definitive answer to
	this situation or problem or call it what you will.

	As far as test gardens go, it stands to reason that *a* test garden
	can only test for its own climate. Even with 'sprinklers', Colorado
	is not Tennesee or England and I don't think the Loomis Test Gardens
	are in Zone 3 which is what I have to deal with...so, the original
	idea of several different test gardens seem the best I've heard.

	I won't touch the AIS award system except to say to judges that there
	is a whole genus and it is not termed TB. That goes for the AIS
	home page, BTW. How about showing a Payne Medal winner, for instance,
	if we are really interested in promoting irises on the web, ergo in
	the world? Japanese irises are engaging and so unique.

	I just looked at the AIS page again and there are four TBs and one
	Arilbred. There is a listing of the other AIS medals, the  lesser (?)
	 ones?

	Cheers,

	Ellen Gallagher






















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