RE: SIB: FLIGHT OF BUTTERFLIES
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- Subject: RE: SIB: FLIGHT OF BUTTERFLIES
- From: "* M* <I*@msn.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 23:57:09 -0600 (MDT)
Hi, John!
The seedling class is a whole different thing from the rest of the show. In
the horticultural classes, the whole object is to show how well you can grow a
particular iris to its own standard. Therefore, these iris must be registered
and have a written description, preferably written well enough to be a good
description (some of the older descriptions are fairly useless in trying to
identify an iris). Seedlings, on the other hand, might not have a description
at all, so what you're trying to show the judges is that you have come up with
a new iris which is hopefully an improvement over what's already out there, or
a new color or shape. Grooming isn't even the same, as you leave the old
withered flowers on to show how many buds the stalk holds. Showing seedlings
can be a real ego destroyer when your baby, which you think is really
something special, gets dumped as not worthy of an award. Oh, well, back to
the old drawing board.
Hope this helps...
Barb, in Santa Fe, watching those seed pods and dreaming
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From: iris-l@rt66.com on behalf of John I Jones
Sent: Monday, June 16, 1997 9:57 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Re: SIB: FLIGHT OF BUTTERFLIES
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.
