Re: HYB.Breeding for Older Form and the Market
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- Subject: Re: HYB.Breeding for Older Form and the Market
- From: "* E* <d*@eastland.net>
- Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 12:33:05 -0700 (MST)
Anner wrote:
> I grow and appreciate irises of all types and of all periods and I salute
the
> idea that we should embrace a wider variety of forms of bearded
cultivars,
> especially those achieving the regal stature and elegance of the mighty
> classic irises. But I doubt much market will be found for anything which
> leaves the slightest impression of being spurious or bogus. To attract me
and
> earn in a place in my small garden any iris developed along these lines
would
> need to be a superb plant horticulturally, and one whose aesthetic and
formal
> integrity is complete and persuasive on terms greater than than the
merely
> nostalgic.
>
Yes, I believe the above to be correct. What I'd like to see from the list
is more definition of the parameters of " we should embrace a wider variety
of forms...". What constitutes the preferences of growers, not necessarily
a hybridizer but not excluding them either. Is something being ignored,
overlooked or left out that would add to the future heritage of irises yet
to come? What would people like which they currently can't locate? What
is in the imagination?
Donald
donald@eastland.net
Zone 7 - where discussions are more instructive to me than might be guessed
by the various tones of the conversations.
