Re: HYB.Breeding for Older Form and the Market
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- Subject: Re: HYB.Breeding for Older Form and the Market
- From: H* <H*@aol.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 18:10:28 -0700 (MST)
Walta said:
<< One in particular a number of people want is the removal of the statement
that for the best specimen the nod should be given to a newer variety, thus
ruling out an historic as 'best of show.'
Good grief, I would hope so!
I would abhor to see some modern cultivar get an edge over another splendidly
shown specimen purely because it was more recent. This is the presumption of
"new is progress" operating at its absolute worst. Why, when I think about
Copper Lustre or Beotie or Great Lakes or Henry Shaw or One Desire or Pewee or
any of many magnificent older irises...... well.... the mind reels....
Anner Whitehead, staggering off to her fainting couch in Richmond Virginia
