Re: TB: Identifying older varieties
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: TB: Identifying older varieties
- From: r* <t*@catskill.net>
- Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 21:36:59 -0600 (MDT)
Bill Shear wrote:
>
> Mike Lowe (who should be back on the list soon) has a picture file of older
> iris varieties. He can match a picture you send him to those in his file,
> taken of verified plants of the older varieties. But identifying iris
> varities (someone recently posted that there were more than 30,000 (?)
> registered) from verbal descriptions alone is very difficult unless the
> variety in question is super-distinctive.
>
> For now, take a picture or two and when you see Mike's name back on the
> list, ask him if you can send them along.
What is a "verified" plant?
rima terra@catskill.net
upstate ny zone 4
