Fw: Test Gardens
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- Subject: Fw: Test Gardens
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- Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 20:15:14 -0700 (MST)
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> From: Jeff and Carolyn Walters <cwalters@cache.net>
> To: iris-l@rt66.com
> Subject: Re: Test Gardens
> Date: Sunday, January 26, 1997 4:20 PM
>
> In reply to my suggestion that every iris garden should be a test garden,
> Dennis Stoneburner wrote (26 Jan 97):
> > Great point Jeff - I have been an advocate for that for a long time.
> > Everyone whould keep a notebook of information for reference. Included
> > in this is weather, moisture, dates of 1st bloom, last bloom, peak
bloom,
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> > good and bad acting iris and why - and so on. You can include dates of
> > sprays, digging, planting etc. It is a great help.
>
> I try to keep track of many of the items you mention. I think that to be
> considered a good garden iris a TB cultivar (established planting) ought
to
> be in bloom for at least 3 weeks under normal weather conditions (when is
> the weather ever normal? - but that is another question). Some well known
> cultivars do not come close to this, or even to the 15-day minimum
standard
> set in the AIS Judges Handbook (p. B-5). On multiple years' observation,
> the average period of bloom for PINK TAFFETA in my garden has been 13
days;
> for EASTERTIME it is 11 days. One of these iris won the Dykes Medal and
the
> other has an AM. Data such as this should give judges food for thought.
>
> On a more positive note, I summarized observations on TB length of bloom
on
> established plantings by era of introduction a few years ago with the
> following results:
> Yr of Intro # Cultivars Avg. Bloom Period
(days)
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> pre-1960 36 19.1
> 1960-69 96 18.9
> 1970-79 137 19.4
> 1980-91 120 20.4
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> From these observations, if they are at all representative, it looks like
> we may be making some headway in extending the length of bloom of TB
> cultivars, and at the least we are not going backwards.
>
> Jeff Walters in northern Utah (Zone 4)
> cwalters@cache.net
> "This is the Place!" - Utah Pioneer Sesquicentennial: 1847-1997
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