RE: CULT: last report


Yes, I was very glad to see George Sutton's article in April (I enjoyed that 
whole issue, anyway).  But this was a cross made in 1994, and at the time it 
seemed the logical thing to do...

Barb, in Santa Fe, and I like the part about the late TBs running out of gas.

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From: 	iris-l@rt66.com on behalf of Jeff and Carolyn Walters
Sent: 	Tuesday, June 17, 1997 7:35 AM
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Subject: 	Re: CULT: last report

Barb Mann writes (16 June 97):

> THought I'd just post a brief report at the end of the season here.  The
very 
> last of the TBs opened its last gasp tody--BROADWAY, with 2 standards and
2 
> falls.  Pathetic, but I've seen several of the late bloomers do this this

> year. 

Only this year? I observe the same phenomenon with the last flowers of many
cultivars, especially the late bloomers, every year. Seems like they run
out of gas before they quite reach the finish line.
 
> I think my best seedling was one of the BATMAN X THORNBIRD cross, which
ended 
> up as a nice smooth deep purple with some haft markings but sadly no
horns.  
> Hmmph.  

Have you seen the article by George Sutton in the April, 1997 AIS Bulletin
on hybridizing Space Agers? He reports a higher rate of success in
obtaining horned seedlings from a cross of NON-horned X Horned parents than
by crossing two Horned parents.

Jeff Walters in northern Utah  (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
cwalters@cache.net











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