Re: REF: '97 R & I's & Dormancy
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- Subject: Re: REF: '97 R & I's & Dormancy
- From: "* A* M* <w*@Ra.MsState.Edu>
- Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 08:40:33 -0700 (MST)
On Sun, 11 Jan 1998, william b. cook wrote:
> And, for me, if the bloom season is indicated VE or E, I want to avoid it
> because of our
> > proclivity for late frosts. Most catalogs and price lists do not supply
> this essential information.
> >
> > My order goes in the mail tomorrow!
> >
> > Walter Moores
> > Enid Lake, MS 7/8
>
> Walter,
> I think that catalogs should provide this information. Kentucky is
> another place where there are often late, devastating freezes. In some
> years, the lates don't do well there either because of a sudden onset of
> intense (95 F+, or 35 C+) heat.
> Daylily Catalogs provide this information, so I see no reason why it
> cannot be included in Iris Catalogs.
>
> Mark A. Cook
> billc@atlantic.net
> Dunnellon, FL USDA Zone 8/9
>
You are so right, Mark. And, dormancy is listed in most daylily
catalogs. A dormancy listing in irises would be useful for growers like
Linda Mann, who is seeking a list of winter dormant irises.
Back to the R & I, not all 1998 introductions will show there.
For some reason the two major suppliers in Oregon rarely have their
current introductions listed in the current R & I. Does anybody know why?
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS 7/8
