HYB: WHIRLWIND ROMANCE as Parent

Of WHIRLWIND ROMANCE, Donald Eaves wrote:

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The description did not
prepare me for the luxurious quality of the bloom.  This was one rich
combo of colors.  Pewter, brass, rust; for me the signal was close to a
rich seal brown with a texture that Mrs. Roosevelt would have been proud
to have around her neck.  The whole bloom had more velvet texture than
any velour pullover.  I tried to get a pod on every bloom on both puny
stalks and used every bit of pollen I could detach.  One pod w/8 seeds
and one fat TB pod with lots and lots of seeds using the pollen.  Not
perfect crosses, perhaps, but hopefully they will contain at least some of
the qualities of WR if they reach blooming size.  <

Congratulations!  WWR [my acronym because WR has been widely used for
WELCOME REWARD] has been an outstanding pollen parent for me, but quite
reluctant to set pods so I consider getting a pod with 8 seeds toa be quite
an accomplishment. 

You'll find some WWR children and grandchildren in the seedling section of
my photo gallery: 

http://www.geocities.com/~smcallister/photogallery/PhotoGallery-Sdlgs.html

Cross #90-19 is WERCKMEISTER'S BEAUTY x WHIRLWIND TOUR, where WWT is My Joy
X WWR so these are tetraploid OGB+.

Cross #90-20 is SUNRISE IN GLORY x WWR.  These are OGB, or halfbreds,
depending on the nomenclature you prefer.

In the Cultivar list, there's a photo of RARING TO GO, an OGB- from SOUL
KISS x WWR introduced this year by Pleasure Iris Gardens -- but the picture
can't do justice to is lush texture.  I think that WWR has much greater
potential when paired with TBs than I've been able to explore, so you may
get something striking in that seedling patch.

Sharon McAllister
73372.1745@compuserve.com

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