Re: HYB - TB: "Throwbacks" (Re: CULT/HYB: Harvest of Memories)
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- Subject: Re: HYB - TB: "Throwbacks" (Re: CULT/HYB: Harvest of Memories)
- From: R* T* D* <r*@sierratel.com>
- Date: Thu, 1 Jan 1998 18:13:11 -0700 (MST)
Dorothy Fingerhood wrote:
>
> How interesting! Can anybody else address this comment? Why would
> Schreiners' things give a higher percentage of "throwbacks" than other
> hybridizers' irises? Very curious.
>
> Sharon? Rick? Walta? Gary? other hybridizers --what say you?
>
Without going to my records I can speak only of Dusky Challenger. I
have used it quite a bit and do not remember seeing too many
"throwbacks". As Gary Sides mentioned one must use the most modern
formed flowers to get decent modern form. This is what I did using
Dusky Challenger X Ruffled Goddess. See SUDDEN IMPACT on the cork
board:
http://www.rt66.com/~telp/cork.htm
Roger will also introduce a Dusky Challenger child in 1999 called
HOLLYWOOD NIGHTS, which is a large, dark purple with lace.
In both cases Dusky Challenger was used as the pod parent. This
reinforces my recollection of DC being stingey with it's pollen.
Rick Tasco
Superstition Iris Gardens
Central California........ 70F today...Doing garden cleanup in my tee
shirt.
Zone 8
