AR: Classification

Tom Tadfor Little wrote:

:  aril people tend to classify arilbreds
:  by the number of aril chromosomes they carry, and whether that aril
:  inheritance is onco, regelia, or mixed. They ignore whether the bearded
:  ancestry is tall, median, or dwarf, but make fine distinctions regarding
:  the aril ancestry (that's what all the OGB+, OB-, RB kind of stuff is
:  about). This is a classification model that is useful to hybridizers, but
:  doesn't say much regarding the appearance of the plant and flower.
:  Introducing a horticultural classification (like that used for the bearded
:  irises) into the arilbred world thus requires a major cultural change.

RARELY do I disagree with Tom -- but this time I have to say that I don't
consider the current classification system of much use to hybridizers, either.  

:  I have advocated such a classification model, but the suggestion has not
:  yet received much attention from the Aril Society, and I don't really
:  expect it to.

Nor did my own earlier efforts to promote a simpler system.  I suspect we'll
just have to live with it a while longer.

Sharon McAllister 
73372.1745@compuserve.com

I may have gotten off the subject a bit, but I hope my response was of
interest.
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