CULT: Re 99 Iridaceae Yard Awards

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   Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 23:08:30 -0500
   From: "Donald Eaves" <d*@eastland.net>
Subject: Re: CULT:  '99 Iridaceae Yard Awards - five


In a message dated 6/3/99 23:08:30,

<d*@eastland.net> writes:

The Raspberry Awards:
Given to irises which went thru a second year with NO bloom.
GOOD SHOW - say what? Say when? Where?  NO SHOW would be
a better name so far.  OKLAHOMA CRUDE - no gusher here.  BLUE
CHEER hasn't given any cheer of any color.  PALAZZO - sunk in the
canals of Venice for all I can tell.  CODICIL will sure need the rest of
its last will and testament at this rate.  PINK HORIZON remains beyond
the horizon.

Sorry to disagree with Donald.  I obtained GOOD SHOW in 1997.   Both 1998 and 1999 I have had very good bloom.  A fellow employee challenged me with the statement that she had no orange TB iris in her yard and did not think there were any iris a true orange color.  Well .....  I checked out a couple catalogues and came up with Oktoberfest, Orange Harvest and GOOD SHOW.  I still like my Orange Parade the best though.  A Dodge Citians 50 miles east of me made the statement that they had trouble growing orange iris.   Input from another Region 18 member.