Re: SIB: FLIGHT OF BUTTERFLIES

John I Jones wrote:
> 
> Bill Maryott wrote:
> >
> > An interesting iris is
> > Drady that I've been selling for years (and I believe you also)  Drady
> > is not introduced nor registered, BUT has been used as a parent in
> > another cultivar.  This precludes the name ever being used again, but
> > does not get it registered.  I would not expect anyone to have trouble
> > entering Drady in our California shows.
> 
> Bill
> 
> Hmmmm. I am certainly not very knowledgeable about all this, but I
> thought that in order to be entered, an iris must be properly
> identified. The only way that could happen was if it was properly
> registered so the judges could verify its identity. (true?)
> 
> John                     | "There be dragons here"
>                          |  Annotation used by ancient cartographers
>                          |  to indicate the edge of the known world.
> 
> John Jones, jijones@ix.netcom.com
> Fremont CA, USDA zone 8/9 (coastal, bay)
> Max high 95F/35C, Min Low 28F/-2C average 10 days each
> Heavy clay base for my raised beds.
Well John, you've got me there.  I suppose since Drady hasn't been
registered or introduced, one could call any iris DRADY.  As many of us
know, DRADY has white standards with a thin wire edge of black, Black
falls and grows much like a MTB.  We originally sold it for $13.50 but
since it sold out immediately each year, we lowered the price to $8.00
and can now retain stock.   It is more popular that Frosted Velvet and
other modern MTB's growing in the same row.  It was never registered nor
introduced, but in 1968 Mahood registed DRADY'S GIRL, a child of DRADY
crossed to a dwarf and then crossed to an unknown.  I'm sorry I don't
have an answer to your question.  Maybe I shoulda kept my mouth shut!
:-)
Bill Maryott
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