Re: CULT: lots of water, toughness
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- Subject: Re: CULT: lots of water, toughness
- From: "* A* M* <w*@Ra.MsState.Edu>
- Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 17:51:20 -0700 (MST)
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> Some of those genes are still out amongst our modern tall bearded irises.
> Maybe it isn't possible to select for tetraploids that can thrive under
> those conditions and still keep the modern range of color, substance etc.
> What say the rest of you?
>
> Linda Mann lmann76543@aol.com east Tennessee USA
> waiting for daylight so I can go out and see if I have any irises open -
> first since reticulatas
>
I think by the time you bred modern form into the above, you would
lose their ruggedness. Deja vu all over again! Walter