Re: TB: HYB: Garden Vs. Show Bench
- To: i*@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: TB: HYB: Garden Vs. Show Bench
- From: z*@mindspring.com (L.Zurbrigg)
- Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 20:15:21 -0500
From: z88keys@mindspring.com (L.Zurbrigg)
>From: StorYlade@aol.com
>
>
>All,
>
>When it comes to breeding TB's, oncers, rebloomers, or space age, do you breed
>for the garden or the show bench? A really great garden iris may not show
>well. (I've got my feet firmly planted--everyone yell at me at once and get
>it over with)!
>
>Betty
>
>Der Betty: I believe I have always bred for the garden, though it is a
>form of suicide to neglect what is happening in the shows. When I started
>breeding, there were no shows closer than 80 miles each way , so I had
>less pressure in that direction than many hybridizers. I have always tried
>to enter a few seedlings, in order to get judges' opinions. Got a first
>this year on a new Space-Ager. Lloyd Zurbrigg Durham NC
>
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