Re: Naming the Color
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- Subject: Re: Naming the Color
- From: "* I* J* <j*@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 23:20:17 -0700 (MST)
JMull58284 wrote:
>
> What source is being used for establishing the official color on new
> seedlings? Some say that they compare the color to Crayola crayons. Others I
> assune are using a color chart with numbers after the color. If the latter is
> true, where do you pick up a chart?
Bill,
The RHS (Royal Horticultural Society - in England) Color Chart is what
has been used in the past by hybridizers registering Irises. Last I
heard (a while back) they were about 70 Pounds (about $100 ????)
John | "There be dragons here"
| Annotation used by ancient cartographers
| to indicate the edge of the known world.
John Jones, jijones@ix.netcom.com
Fremont CA, USDA zone 8/9 (coastal, bay)
Max high 95F/35C, Min Low 28F/-2C average 10 days each
Heavy clay base for my raised beds.
