Re: What is "modern form"?

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• Subject: Re: What is "modern form"?
• From: z*@mindspring.com (L.Zurbrigg)
• Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 20:32:26 -0700 (MST)

>Still enjoying the AIS bulletins.
>What is meant by "modern form".
>Looking forward to my first iris flowers that I bought summer 97
>from Aitkens' with new membership offer. I don't even know what
>"old form" was.
>"Newbie" Virginia Lassiter   zone 7/8 Georgia
Dear Virginia: Probably "modern form" in tall beardeds means wide hafts,
and semi-circular falls with lots of ruffling. "Old form" would refer to
narrow hafts and strap-shaped falls, "tailerd" in form, meaning lacking
ruffling. Lloyd Zurbrigg in Durham NC

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