Re: HYB.Breeding for Older Form and the Market
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- Subject: Re: HYB.Breeding for Older Form and the Market
- From: "* I* J* <j*@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 19:08:50 -0700 (MST)
Ryan S. Carter wrote:
>
> Well Ryan says:
> I think that credo is correct, and that the newer varieties far
> outweigh the older varieties by virtue of their better form, color,
> substance, etc. etc. It is alright to grow them for a historical
> standpoint, but to give them a good award or to breed them is to evolve
> backward and destroy what the hybridizers have worked so hard and tediously
> for. They have had their day.
>
Hmmmm, well that sort of says that everything that is newer is better. Sooooo,
following that train of thought, more ruffles, and more lace are always
better? Well around here, too much of those qualities mean that oftimes the
falls and standards don't unfold well because they catch on themselves, and
end up splitting. Very ugly.
My point being that there are no absolutes. Newer is not always necessarily
better, and that sometimes some feature may, or may not, be thought of as
beautiful. I don't happen to like SAs. I just don't think appendages like many
of them have are particularily attractive. Many people do.
Those differences, IMHO, are what make life so wonderful. The wide diversity
of individuals makes us all richer. But it takes a lot of work to allow that
diversity to flourish.
John | "There be dragons here"
| Annotation used by ancient cartographers
| to indicate the edge of the known world.
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