REF: Color Codes

This started out as a HOMEWORK assignment for Hybridizing 201 -- but I
think there are many on the list who have no interest in hybridizing but
would like to learn more about the color codes. The quickest way to get
comfortable with the old color codes is to learn to visualize a specific
cultivar associated with each code.  =


Set up a matrix for each decade, based on the chart in the front of the
Checklist.  [Or combine the 30s with the 40s and the 50s with the 60s,
because the main change was in 1949.]  I recommend a spreadsheet, because=

it's going to be too big for a single page.  Put in a row for each modifi=
er
of  each of  the codes. =


Here's the the expansion of ONE cell, combining the 1950s & 1960s charts =
to
show the pattern for the new "V" code added after 1949.  It will be easie=
st
to start with the 50s & 60s, because checklists give both the description=

and the color code.  =


The following are Violet selfs:

V1P
V1L
V1 or V1M
V1F
V1D     =

V1DD

Now consider cultivars you are already familiar with.  Ones you grow or c=
an
find pictured in catalogs.  Look up their color codes in the checklists a=
nd
add them to your chart as your personal "standards".  These shoujld be on=
es
you can quickly call to mind whenever you encounter that code.  [You shou=
ld
have a choice in many cases.]  Here are my examples, you may prefer other=
s:

V1P             ORCHID OVATION
V1L             VIOLET CHARM
V1 or V1M               AMETHYST FLAME
V1F             VIOLET GLOW
V1D             TUXEDO
V1DD            DUSKY DANCER

Note that AMETHYST FLAME was registered as V1M, which was the same as V1
without a modifier.

Now tackle one of the other 49 cells and see how much you can learn about=

your chosen color and pattern.

Sharon McAllister
73372.1745@compuserve.com
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