Re: AIS: Symposium/soap box
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] AIS: Symposium/soap box
- From: o*@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 14:13:45 EDT
In a message dated 7/16/2002 12:48:39 PM Central Daylight Time,
jreeds@microsensors.com writes:
> I have yet to accept as fact someone else knows which irises I like best.
> >
> > Open to enlightenment,
> > Bill Burleson 7a/b
> > Old South Iris Society
> >
> Clealy, Bill, you just like the wrong iris. You need to pick your favorite
> iris by more logical criteria:
>
> 1)Iris which have been most widely promoted/distributed to convention
> gardens.
>
> 2)Iris introduced by recently deceased hybridizers whose iris were never
> worth noticing before.
>
> 3)Iris matching the color of an old-time AIS judge's favorite tablecloth.
>
> 4)Iris with really pretty names, or named after famous people.
>
> 5)All iris introduced in widely distributed glossy color catalogs.
>
> 6)Any Dykes medal winner, because "it must grow well for somebody,
> somewhere
> else in the country".
>
> John Reeds
>
John, would you per chance be suggesting this is kinda like lettin' my
parents pick me a wife? All this time I been thinkin' she was kinda purdy!
Raisin' hackles cause irises ain't growin',
Bill Burleson 7a/b
Old South Iris Society
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