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: D* F* <d*@cornell.edu>
- Date: Thu, 1 Jan 1998 20:56:56 -0700 (MST)
At 06:13 PM 1/1/98 -0700, you wrote:
>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
Thanks, Rick. SUDDEN IMPACT certainly isn't a "throwback" and Roger's
purple with LACE sounds like it will be a winner....
but I must ask you to refrain from the tee shirt comments when replying to
places where we have spent the last 3 days shoveling the same snow in our
longjohns and insulated Carharts... :-(
Dorothy
