Re: help with hybridizers and year of introduction


> > BLACK GAMECOCK (Chowning, 80) 24" L blue-black, narrow gold signal
> > BLACK GAMECOCK                     (Chowning  '80)
> >  Iris City Gardens lists BLACK GAMECOCK AS registered in '73 by
Chowning.
> 
> Majority rules?

It is customary to refer to iris by year of introduction rather than year
of registration, where the former is available. BLACK GAMECOCK was
introduced in 1980 and was registered in 1978. I can only speculate that
the '73 date quoted above is the result of a typo.

Stephen,

Here is the available info on the iris you asked about:

> NIGHT EDITION  TB (Schreiners, 81) 35" M lt. blue/ inky blue neglecta
> MYSTERIOUS MONIQUE SPEC-X (I. versicolor x unknown) (Knoepnadel, 92) lt.
violet/ near black, white signal
> SAUCY MIX (LA?) not found (There is an LA named SAUCY MINX registered by
Dormon in 1949)
> SCAMP LA  (Arny, 73) 42" red, falls lighter with bright yellow signal
> DOVER BEACH TB (Nearpass, 72) 42" E-L  white/lt. blue amoena
> PORTRAIT OF LAURIE=PORTRAIT OF LARRIE TB (Gaulter, 79) TB 36" med. blue
> PRISSY MISS TB (Gaulter, 83) 34" M bright mauve 
=TITAN'S GLORY TB (Schreiners, 81) 37" EM Bishop's purple self (Dykes'
Medal, 88)
> PIPING HOT TB  (Schreiners, 81) 35" EM peachy apricot, white spot in
center of falls

Jeff Walters in northern Utah  (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
cwalters@digitalpla.net



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