Re: Licensed Hybridizers
- To: i*@Rt66.com
- Subject: Re: Licensed Hybridizers
- From: C* H* <b*@freenet.toronto.on.ca>
- Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 22:39:01 -0500 (EST)
On Fri, 22 Mar 1996, Dennis W. Greer wrote:
> You write about quality as if it were something that can be measured.
> An iris that is wonderful in every category in my garden may rot
> consistently in yours. It seems to me that the achieved accreditation
> you mention would be much like an artist having to have his work
> accredited before being presented.
Chris comments:
Quality can be measured and is measured in the iris world by accredited
AIS iris judges.
Dennis Greer wrote:
> I'm new to the AIS but don't believe I read anywhere that the
> organization has any responsibility for quality control. Again, the
> word quality. What is quality to one person in one garden may be junk
> in another. The awards system, as I understand it, is the "general"
> indication of iris quality in many gardens.
Chris Comments:
A quality iris should be a quality iris in my garden, your garden and
many other gardens.
Dennis Greer wrote:
> Are not the older iris, say prior to 1960, considered inferior to
> newer cultivars? Having a registered name is no big deal. Back to
Chris comments:
NO! They are different looking than todays TB's (I assume you are talking
TB's here) but I would not say they are inferior! Many people love and
appreciate these older iris. The HIPS is proof positive of that.(HIPS
stands for Historical Iris Preservation Society) New is not always better
either.
Dennis Greer wrote:
> quality - If we are competeing in a flower show, it is the best from
> my garden against the best from yours. That is the way it should be.
Chris comments:
Yes.
Dennis Greer wrote:
> If your "quality" control was implememented I couldn't compete fairly
> because you didn't allow a hybridizer to introduce my best cultivar
> because it rotted in your garden.
Chris comments:
I don't follow this above part of your argument at all.
Dennis Greer wrote:
> There are simply to many subjective variables in the garden world to
> measure overall quality. I say let the hybridizer hybridize and
> introduce whatever he feels worthy.
>
Chris writes closing argument:
Not true at all as to measuring overall quality. Overall quality in the
garden world WILL show specifically due to its performance within those
variables. I do agree to say let the hybridizer introduce whatever he
feels worthy BUT I would like to ensure that the hybridizer has the
KNOWLEDGE to decide what is worthy to introduce.
Dennis, enjoy your iris and I hope all your iris grow great for you this
year. Hope you can attend the AIS convention as it is in your home state
of California this year. :>
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Chris Hollinshead e-mail: bu336@torfree.net
Mississauga, Ontario Canada
