Re: SP: Spage Age Terminology
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] SP: Spage Age Terminology
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- Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 06:18:40 -0700
From: "Loberg" <loberg@jps.net>
From: Kitty Loberg <loberg@jps.net>
It may be very difficult to replace the term 'Space Age' which has been
around so long, but I do agree that it doesn't seem to describe the type of
iris at all. Since the term seems to have come from the era of the time, I
suspect the term 'New Age' would match the times right now, but that too
doesn't describe the iris, nor would I want it.
Anner's suggestion of 'Appendaged Irises' certainly would be appropriate,
and I like it, but would it be hard to "sell" the public? Telling a
gardener that this is a "double" <flower> is an easy term to get out and
remember, but an "appendaged" <flower> may be a mouthful.
Is this something our Iris community could work on to get consensus on a new
term? Could it be presented to AIS for re-consideration?
Kitty Loberg
Redwood Valley, Calif. (northern)
>And now we have this new chapter in the Judges' Training Book
>called "Judging Space Age Irises," which will make it harder than
>ever to get rid of the term, since it seems to be validated by the
>AIS merely because it is in print.
>Anyway, this type of iris continues to advance and grow in
>popularity, but the term applied to them is now obsolete.
>Walter Moores
>Enid Lake, MS 7/8
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