Re: hybridizers
Tom Tadfor Little wrote:
>
Tom T. Little writes:
> Carolyn writes
>
> :A fellow LISTner and I were wondering about the current address of the
> :following Hybridizers: Professional gossiping here -- what's the
> :current news of each -- anyone with info please contribute:
> :
>
> :Hagar
>
> (spelled "Hager", by the way). Ben Hager is semi-retired now, but still
> introducing through Adamgrove. He has perhaps the most wide-ranging interest
> of any hybridizer. He used to say it was his goal to win the highest award
> for *each* category of iris. Does anyone know if he succeeded?
I think that he made it with the exception of PCNs (or is that Californicae,
or PCIs?).
> He's probably best known for some Dykes-winning TBs (Beverly Sills, Edith
> Wolford), ....
You leave out Vanity, the pink that makes so many "pinks" show their
true salmon color if unlucky enough to be planted next to her?
Gerry, in Los Angeles, where a couple TBs straggle on.
