Re: CULT/HYB: Harvest of Memories
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- Subject: Re: CULT/HYB: Harvest of Memories
- From: D* L* <g*@rogerswave.ca>
- Date: Fri, 2 Jan 1998 05:00:06 -0700 (MST)
On Thu, 1 Jan 1998, Sharon McAllister wrote:
> Art Bern wrote:
>
> > How true is this? I've been told that most offspring are 'dogs', no
> > matter where the parents came from. What little hybridizing that I've
> > done, verifies the dog theory and most are throwaways. Last year two
> > parents produced 30 seedlings or so, with only one that I would keep.
> > Alot were so-so if you know what I mean but not really keepers.
>
> Henry Danielson told me, after he'd been developing his own TB
> lines for over 50 years, that he considered himself lucky to get one =
> seedling worth keeping out of every thousand. =
> Sharon McAllister
> 73372.1745@compuserve.com
Sharon,
Is the percentage of 'dogs' the same for the TB-aril quarterbred
crosses? TIA.
Diana Louis <dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca> <- private email address
Zone 4 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
AIS, CIS, SIGNA, IRIS-L, Canadian Wildflower Soc.
URL for the North American Native Irises web page
http://molly.hsc.unt.edu/~rbarton/Iris/NANI.html
