Re: HIST- Older varieties CD-ROM

Henryanner@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Rick Tasco mused:
> 
> << Wouldn't it be nice of HIPS had a picture inventory on a CD-ROM? >>
> 
> If well done, this would be a fabulous resource. I would be prepared to pay
> well for a handsome and thoughtfully constructed product. I understand the
> technology is making them cheaper to produce every day. This can even be done
> at home.
> 
> I have come to the conclusion that education in the lore of the historic
> irises is to far too great a degree dependent upon the oral tradition, which
> makes learning difficult for those not fortunate enough to live near a source
> of information. Nor does eveyone live near a display garden, or the garden of
> a major collector. I have discussed this at lenghth with several persons
> newly interested in the subject and we are agreed that what is most needed
> and most difficult to find is high quality photographs of classic varieties.
> 
> I would imagine that some of the problem may stem from a reluctance to
> provide that "little knowledge" which is "a dangerous thing", thereby adding
> to the confusion of names in circulation, but surely there is some means of
> providing high quality basic research photographs of our iris heritage.
> 
> I must say that I have rented several sets of slides from HIPS and while it
> was apparent that the Slide Chairman, Joan Cooper, does the best job she can
> with what she has to work with, the fact is the quality of many of the slides
> clearly marked them as someone's cast-offs. Nor were some of the more famous
> and often encountered names included in the sets. It was a very disappointing
> experience, and I don't feel I learned much from it. Nor was it cheap.
> 
> There are numerous quasi-professional photographers in the world of historic
> irises and I have no doubt thousands of photographs already exist which might
> be donated toward the further education of interested persons, and,
> ultimately, toward the appreciation and conservation of those irises that
> HIPS is charged with preserving.
> 
> Of course, this might also be an exciting and viable commercial venture for
> one or a group of superior purveyors of historic cultivars, Rick Taso.
> 
> Anner Whitehead, Richmond, Va
> Henry Hall   henryanner@aol.com
This sounds great. I would certainly buy it. I am trying to find a list
of the re-bloomers. Am afraid to send any money to AIS just yet. I have
something growing that looks like a cross between an iris & day lily. 
Is probably a native iris of some kind. But if there was a CD that had
pics of most of this stuff, I could have a ball Looking iris' up. Maybe
several of our photographers could get together to split the cost of
such a venture. Sounds wonderful to me.
Janice Stocks
Baytown,TX
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