Re: SA: Spage Agers and Abhorrance
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- Subject: Re: SA: Spage Agers and Abhorrance
- From: "* a* C* W* <c*@digitalpla.net>
- Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 10:22:26 -0700 (MST)
Sharon Hiltibidal asks:
> >><< In the late fifties, Lloyd Austin developed the first Space Age
> >> <irises, and to this day they are abhorred by many.>
>
> What is Spage Age? How would it differ from a modern hybrid or an
> older species iris?
Sharon,
"Space Age" is the term that Lloyd Austin coined to describe the irises
that he had bred with extra floral parts developed as extensions or
modifcations of the beards. These appendages are variously labeled "horns",
"flounces", and "spoons" depending on the shape they assume. A number of
hybridizers have taken an interest in these irises in recent years and in
1997 one of them, THORNBIRD (Byers, 89), won the Dykes' medal.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
cwalters@digitalpla.net
