RE: less-than-helpful dates
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- Subject: RE: less-than-helpful dates
- From: "* M* <I*@msn.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 19:49:40 -0600 (MDT)
Celia wrote;
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From: iris-l@rt66.com on behalf of J. Michael, Celia or Ben Storey
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 1997 9:40 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: CAT: less-than-helpful dates
Hello, everyone.
:-)
I have just spent a frustrating half-hour double-checking catalog
descriptions of several cultivars, and now I have a gripe. (Frustrating
half hour = gripe. Easy math.)
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? So why do these guys tell us introduction
year? I don't get it.
celia
storey@aristotle.net
Little Rock, Arkansas
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Hi, Celia! The reason the introductory year is listed is because the awards
system is based on when the iris is introduced to the public, not when it is
registered. Since an iris only has a specific time to start winning awards
after its intro, the checklist is the official arbiter of when that time
starts.
Now you're going to want to know how many years are involved...ummm. Yo,
judges! We need an answer here. Thanks!
Barb in Santa Fe, NM
IrisMaven@msn.com
