Re: HYB: hybridizing for yellow
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- Subject: Re: HYB: hybridizing for yellow
- From: d*@dynamicro.on.ca
- Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 06:48:27 -0500 (EST)
From: dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca
On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Dennis Kramb wrote:
> Irises like versicolor, verna, cristata, etc. come in shades of blue,
> pink, purple or white. They also have a smidgen of yellow in the crest
> or signal area (depending on the species). And yet I've never heard
> of a pure yellow self versicolor, cristata, or verna. Theoretically
> shouldn't it be possible to develop pure yellow selfs of these species
> since they already seem to carry the necessary "yellow genes"? Why
> hasn't this been done? Lack of popularity?
> Dennis Kramb; dkramb@tso.cin.ix.net
> Cincinnati, Ohio USA; USDA Zone 6; AIS Region 6
Dennis, People have been pretty busy hybridizing I vers. with I ensata
(anyway) and whatever which may explain why they haven't spent time
trying to get a yellow.
--
Diana Louis <dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca> <- private email address
cold edge of Zone 4 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
AIS, CIS, SIGNA, IRIS-L, Canadian Wildflower Soc.
URL for the North American Native Irises web page
http://molly.hsc.unt.edu/~rbarton/Iris/NANI.html
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