1995 LA iris poll/ LAs in Region 1

Here is the 1995 LA iris popularity poll by the Society for Louisiana 
Iris.  Cultivars under the same rank received the same number of votes.   
75 members cast votes.  (Each member may vote for 25 cultivars)
 
Rank Votes  Cultivar 
1.    35    DURAL WHITE BUTTERFLY (Taylor)
2.    34    SINFONIETTA (Raabe)
3.    32    PRALINE FESTIVAL (Haymon)
4.    29    ACADIAN MISS (Arny)
            MARIE DOLORES (Haymon)
            CAJUN SUNRISE (Mertzweiller)
7.    28    CLARA GOULA (Arny)
            EXQUISITE LADY(Owen)
9.    26    GRACE DUHON (Haymon) 
10.   25    KAY NELSON (Granger)`2
11.   23    BUBBLE GUM BALLERINA (Haymon)
            EASTER TIDE (Arny)
            C'EST SI BON (Taylor)
14.   22    FULL ECLIPSE (Hager)
            VALERA (Arny)
16.   21    EMPRESS JOSEPHINE (Haymon)
            PROFESSOR NEIL (Mertzweiller)
18.   19    COLORIFIC (Mertzweiller)
            GERRY MARSTELLER (Raabe)
20.   18    DIXIE DEB (Chowing)
            HURRICANE PARTY (Haymon) 
            ROKKI ROCKWELL (Haymon)
23    17    FREDDIE BOY (Mertzweiller)
            CRISP LIME (Dunn)
            MARIE CAILLET (Conger)
            OBVIOUS HEIR (Taylor)


For those of you trying thinking of growing LA "up North", the latest SLI 
Newsletter contains and article by Ida Godfrey about growing LA in AIS 
Region 1 (Northern New England).  She only lists one cultivar, you 
guessed it, BLACK GAMECOCK.  Her culture conditions don't sound too 
different from those anywhere else.  She says a quick change in the 
weather prevented her from mulching last fall, but her LAs survived with 
a good snow cover.  She mentions 4 others in the region growing LAs with 
"marvelous displays" and states "growing Louisiana irises isn't really as 
hard as you (and I) thought". 

Rodney
Rbarton@jove.acs.unt.edu
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