Re: HYB: HIST: Lapham pinks

In a message dated 7/20/2004 9:15:14 PM Mountain Daylight Time, 
neilm@charter.net writes: 
> My attention has been called to a number of descendants of Paradise Pink,
> including some cv's such as Fay's 'Chinese Coral' that do contribute
> substantially to subsequent pink and other t-bearded develpment.  My remark
> that Lapham's pinks could pretty well be disregarded as significant sources
> overlooked such varieties and was inaccurate.
> 
> The Lapham contribution to modern, existing t-bearded varieties is minor
> compared to the other sources at the remote foundation, but can hardly said 
> to
> be discounted.

I have not studied this line closely, but can report that CHINESE CORAL was 
the parent of Gene Hunt's tangerine-bearded 1/4-bred, an outstanding specimen 
that would probably have been introduced if he had lived.

Sharon McAllister

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