Re: TB:Abbey Road & Jersey Cream
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] TB:Abbey Road & Jersey Cream
- From: l*
- Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 08:55:41 -0800
Doesn't Beta-Carotene Show up as Orange in flowers? . I have seen pictures of Thornbird in Schreiners, with green gold falls with no violet blaze. Mine are more ivory to pastel brown with a strong medium violet blaze. I am in the same zone as Schreiners. I would suspect my soil to be more alkaline. Perhaps that is the difference.
Wendy. Zone 5
----- Original Message -----
From: Foley Martin
To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 5:58 PM
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] TB:Abbey Road & Jersey Cream
perhaps climate should be blended in? would the degree
of beta-carotene fluctuate from the mild winters of
the southwest to the wind chill factor winters of the
mid-west and northeast?
would the beta-carotene fluctuate from the rainy
pacific northwest to the dry arizona, or new mexico
climes?
can agree that soil composition and fertilizer
enhancements do have an impact, but think it logical
to believe that these are not the only influencing
factor(s) in determining beta-carotene content.
Best regards, Martin
--- Donald Eaves <donald@eastland.net> wrote:
> Sharon writes:
>
>
> >Remember that the exact color of the cream depends
> on the beta-carotene
> >content of the cow's diet [a la alfalfa].
> >
> >Those of you who aren't that familiar with cattle &
> the Guernsey, Jersey,
> >Durham, Holstein debates -- the same principle
> applies to chickens & the
> >intensity of color in the egg yolks they produce.
>
> 'You are what you eat'? RUSTY MAGNIFICENCE and
> THORNBIRD are the most
> variable for me. Move them and they will bloom in a
> different shade of
> color. They do in in place, but not so pronounced.
> The browns and golds
> seem most susceptible to this phenomenom. So how
> much of what is true about
> the color of an egg yolk applies to the color of an
> iris? And are certain
> colors more likely to have variation or is it a
> combination of cell size and
> nutrients? Anyone know or care to hazard a guess?
>
> Donald Eaves
> donald@eastland.net
> Texas Zone 7, USA - sweating out the possibility of
> a killing freeze tonight
> and lots of susceptible iris buds, both in and out
> of the fans in danger.
>
> Do
> >
> >Sharon McAllister
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
>
>
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