Re: OT-BIO: Jon Marc Cliburn

JON M. CLIBURN wrote:
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> Greetings from Kansas!
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> I am particularly interested in exchanging information with hybredizers =
> and those interested in MTB's.
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> The past three years here on the Great Plains have brought very =
> temperamental spring weather with late freezes and hail that have nearly =
> destroyed the TB bloom.  There seems to be far less damage done to my =
> MTB's and the older duploids.  I think that we have lost a lot of vigor =
> in reaching for color breaks and larger longer lasting bloom.  I would =
> love to see more hybredizers concentrate on hardiness as well as =
> improving the bloom.
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> 
Jon Marc -- Welcome to Iris-L. You're right that the older diploids --
and also the older tetraploids -- seem to be hardier.  Breeding for
hardiness is a tough order, since it's an even longer-term process than
breeding for flower form, branching, colors, etc. But have a go at it!

I forget who our MTB fanciers on the List are, but they'll let you
know.  Two in our Washington area are Clarence Mahan and Dick Sparling. 
Clarence is too busy to be on the List right now, and Dick never has
signed on. But they're reachable if you have questions for them
sometime.

Griff Crump, along the tidal Potomac near Mount Vernon, VA 
jgcrump@erols.com
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