Re: ballot
- To: i*@Rt66.com
- Subject: Re: ballot
- From: I*@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 06:42:03 -0500
In a message dated 96-03-19 02:33:16 EST, you write:
>
>Besides the Dykes, the other ballot issue that makes me feel uneasy is the
>gigantic and increasing number of TB introductions each year. In some of
the
>smaller classes that I know, I have at least seen if not grown just about
>everything on the ballot, but of the TBs there are pages and pages of names
>where I've heard of well less than half. And while I thought I did ok at
>going
>to conventions and seeing other gardens, I have never used nearly the number
>of votes that are allowed for TBs.
>
>
Jim: I agree that the ballot is a formidable instrument these days. But,
like you, I don't have a better idea, so I don't complain (I'm of the ...part
of the problem or part of the solution school). I don't venture an opinion
on an iris that I don't have intimate knowlege of - that being either growing
it in my own tiny garden, or growing in one of the gardens that I haunt. So
this means that the HM catagory is left pretty blank. I do buy several
introductions each year - but there's no way to make a dent in that truckload
of cultivars.
I'm just thankful that I'm not a little known hybridizer trying to get
recognized.
Kathy Guest
