Re: Licensed Hybridizers


On Wed, 20 Mar 1996, J. Irwin wrote:

> Christopher Hollinshead wrote:
> > 
> > About there being so many/too many new TB intros each year. Here is an
> > idea to kick around. AIS Licensed/Approved Hybridizers.
> > cut,cut etc.,etc..
> 
> Chris,
> I think you certainly have brought up some valid ideas...the only thing 
> I would ask though, how would this translate to a backyard or small 
> scale hybridizer(someone who might only introduce an iris every few 
> years if lucky)?  I could see how your ideas could easily be applied to 
> a hybridizer who intros quite a few iris every year.Could you elaborate?
> 
> Julie Irwin
> bajai@mtco.com
> 

Chris replies:
This could easily translate to the small scale hybridizer. The idea here 
is not to stop people hybridizing, far from it. Anyone can hybridize, 
what needs a little structure and control is the quality of the intros 
and the quantities of the intros. (mainly the very popular TB area)
The licence would be, as I mentioned, not really a license to 
"hybridize", but one to be qualified to "introduce". (introduce quality 
iris) If the hybridizer lived too far from an "instructor hybridizer" 
they could "guest" their selects with the instructor hybridizer for 
evaluation and qualifying. Eventually after they achieved accreditation 
they would not have to do this.
I think this all makes alot of sense as the way things are now, anybody 
can make a cross, grow the resulting plants, pay the fee and introduce 
the iris whether its good, bad or indifferent. Where is the quality 
control from the organization (AIS)? Sure, once the person has developed 
a reputation of introducing iris of doubtful quality with the 
knowledgeable iris public their hybridizing career is not apt to be very 
successful or long. BUT, the problem is that these inferior iris are 
still out there with an official AIS registered name and more can continue 
to be put out there as long as the person wishes to pay the 
introduction fees.   
The judges cannot control this problem.

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