Re: Hybridizing

I am new to this list and would like to introduce myself and then add my
two-bit about the subject at hand. My name is Karin Hinsen and I live in
Santa Cruz California. No snow on the ground here. In fact I have Iris
starting to bloom (TB) I have alot of garden space to work with and have
been trying my hand at hybridizing for years. I think a program given by
masters would be great. I feel like I am having to reinvent the wheel in my
breeding program. Joe Ghio is part of our local iris society so I pick his
brain but it seems like so much of the genetic information that I need at
this time is treated like propriatary (sp) information. On the AIS homepage
there was a example of a genetic data base on iris lineages that I found
very informative. That would be something that I could really use. I know
that it is available in books put out by the AIS but it is incredibly
convoluted and spread out over many volumes. Any way I think that a training
would be a good idea. 
Karin

Chris Hollinshead writes:
>
>Now, why would you want to not try hybridizing any more, Lonnie. Would 
>you not like to have the opportunity of learning more info on hybridizing 
>from some of the masters? I do not want to stop people from hybridizing, 
>in fact, quite the opposite. 
>What I would like to see is an educational program from the AIS (very 
>similar to what the judges already have) with the focus on hybridizing. I 
>think the long term result from a program like this will maintain/increase 
>the number of hybridizers and would definitly help pass on the knowledge. 
>Unfortunately, there have been quite a number of well known and 
>knowledgable hybridizers die in the past year. Should it just be left to 
>chance to hope that others appear to replace them? Of course, nobody 
>would be obligated to participate in such instruction or courses, but 
>what budding hybridizer could resist the potential of such knowledge.
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