Hybridizing


On Sat, 23 Mar 1996 LONLEE2086@aol.com  (Lonnie) wrote:

> I havn't sprouted many Iris seeds In my life,  buuutttt perhaps I shouldn't
> bother.  Practices such as these mentioned may prevent beutiful Iris from
> ever being seen.  Some nobody somewhere may cross a break through in some
> desirable trait.
>                                    

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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Chris Hollinshead e-mail: bu336@torfree.net
Mississauga, Ontario Canada
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