Re: AIS: Judges work load, and Neil's closing remarks

In a message dated 3/27/2004 11:03:45 PM Central Standard Time, 
irisdude@msn.com writes:

> It seems there are so many good varieties out there already in every class,
> that I felt it would be very difficult for ME to outdo any of them within
> their class...
> 

Patrick, that feeling is what caused me to start hybridizing rebloomers.  

A friend was constantly saying that I should hybridize.  My reply was that 
iris had already improved so much I didn't see anyplace where I could 
contribute.  

By chance I'd bought some fall bloomers from Fields.  Thought pattern being I 
like irises so much that it would be neat to have some in the fall too.  I 
received some of the old rebloomers, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Southland (I think). 
 It seemed like a natural progression to turn the modern bloom that I love so 
much into rebloom.  

That was twenty years ago.  A lot of research (and living) has changed my 
mind on both parts of that equation.  Now I see areas that need improvement in 
oncers (speaking TB) and I see where rebloomers have come a long way already.

Betty W. in South-central KY Zone 6 . . . tweezers a twitching in the drawer! 
 
Bridge In Time Iris Garden@website:
 www.thegardensite.com/irises/bridgeintime/

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