Re: HYB: importing breeding stock?

Yes, very cool and smart, hadn't really thought fo that.  Got to think outside the box!

Paul Archer
Raleigh, NC Zone 8

-----Original Message-----
>From: Ann Head <jac@labdude.com>
>Sent: Jun 10, 2008 6:12 AM
>To: iris@hort.net
>Subject: Re: [iris] HYB: importing breeding stock?
>
>>Barry Blyth and Keith Keppel are now visiting each other's gardens 
>each year to make crosses, then when the seeds are ripe, they are 
>mailed to their hybridizer.  It's a nice way to fit in two spring 
>bloom seasons a year.  :-)
>
>>Maybe that would be a way to access some genes without having to 
>>import the plants?
>
>Yes, it is a good way to do that - provided that you have friends who 
>grow the plants you are interested in, and are able and willing to go 
>to the trouble of making the crosses for you (if you can't afford the 
>airfare to visit the other hemisphere yourself).
>
>>Then again, without the parents before our eyes, it's hard to be 
>>sure what would fit the best with our various breeding programs....
>
>Yes, it is.....and hard to guarantee that they would bloom at 
>compatible times, or have the requisite pod / pollen fertility, etc.
>
>But still a worthwhile idea.
>
>Ann
>
>South Australia 
>
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