Re: CAT: less-than-helpful dates
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- Subject: Re: CAT: less-than-helpful dates
- From: J* I* J* <j*@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 13:00:36 -0600 (MDT)
J. Michael, Celia or Ben Storey wrote:
>
> Why do some businesses print the introduction year instead of the year of
> registration in the information they provide with cultivar names?
> I can think of two reasons to provide dates at all: to give clients an idea
> whether the flower will have modern form or not, and to allow them to look
> up the plant in their R&I Checklists at home.
> The Checklist flower description is found under the registration year, not
> the introduction year, right?
Celia,
With the caveat that I am not positive, I think the preferred year for
reference is the year of introduction for the simple reason that not
every iris registered ever makes it to commercial production.
Be that as it may, the '89 checklist, first para of the Preface. says
that irises are included that have been previously registered (i.e., in
the '70s) but not introduced until the '80s. The entries indicate the
year of registration after the hybridizer's name and the year of
introduction at the end of the entry. It also says it contains all the
registrations thru '89 even if they haven't been introduced yet, so I
guess you get it both ways.
Likewise the R&I for a particular year will have both those irises
registered that year and irises introduced in that year (as well as
those that have been both registered and introduced in that year). The
descriptions for irises that were registered previously, but not
introduced until a later year are not reproduced in the latter R&I but a
reference is made to the year of introduction.
Actually given either registration or introduction date you should be
able to find the description. Sometimes an iris will be registered so
late in the year that it doesn't make it into the proper R&I, but those
are few in number.
I guess I am not sure what the source of your frustration was. If a
catalog said Keppel '92, you should be able to find it in the '92 R&I
without even knowing whether it was a Reg or Intro date. Of course with
current year introductions ('97), it might be more difficult to find the
year of registration, meaning you would have to search backward a few
years to find the registration entry. But then you have the description
in the catalog (unless you are looking for the progenitors).
Anyway, that is my humble, novice view of things. Hope that helps.
John | "There be dragons here"
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John Jones, jijones@ix.netcom.com
Fremont CA, USDA zone 8/9 (coastal, bay)
Max high 95F/35C, Min Low 28F/-2C average 10 days each
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