Re: cult: Pink Pele and IB fertility
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- Subject: Re: cult: Pink Pele and IB fertility
- From: M*@fin.gc.ca (Mark, Maureen)
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 14:25:55 -0600 (MDT)
Thanks Ellen. I guess I'll wait to see Pele bloom next year to verify =
whether "Pink Pele" is really Pink Pele. I was wondering whether it would =
be worth keeping the bee-pod on "Pink Pele" -- given that IBs are not =
supposed to be terribly fertile. Or has this "common knowledge" now been =
disproved?
Maureen
Ottawa (zone 4)
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From: Ellen Gallagher
To: Mark, Maureen
Subject: Re: cult: Pink Pele
Date: Monday, June 23, 1997 4:13
>Does anyone else grow Pink Pele or Pele? We got them from Aitken's via =
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>Chuck Chapman. Pele hasn't bloomed for us but Pink Pele did -- orange and=
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>slightly short for an IB. My husband thinks that maybe we got Pele instea=
d =
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>of Pink Pele. I did hear someone say at the convention that Pink Pele doe=
s =
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>bloom orange under certain conditions, so I wasn't terribly worried. Of =
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>course I didn't pay too close attention -- and lo and behold, when I =3D
>returned from the convention, Pink Pele was blooming orange.
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>So my question is, how short is Pele? My Pink Pele bloomed at about 14 =3D
>inches.
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Maureen,
I just ordered Pele for this summer....*it* is supposed to be
orange.
I saw a pix of Pink Pele and it didn't look very pink to me.
Can't remember what catalog I saw it in.
Smitten Kitten (IB) bloomed this month and it didn't look pick,
even salmon pink, to me. I would describe it as light tan falls
(almost oyster) and lighter oyster standards with a light tan
hue. This is a Gallagher description not RHS. :)
Cheers,
Ellen
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Ellen Gallagher \ e_galla@moose.ncia.net \ Lancaster, New Hampshire,USA
USDA Zone 3a \ Northern White Mountains\ AIS Region 1 {New England}
