Re: SDB: Live Jazz Ancestors (was Deciduous irises)

	Jeff W. wrote in response to Ian E.:

>With somewhat less than an exhaustive search I am able to trace LIVE JAZZ
>back 10 times to I. pumila and 5 times to "Carpathia", which is listed in
>the 1979 AIS Checklist as "(Schreiner's, MDB, not registered). S. full
>yellow, darkening on F to yellow-brown with lighter edges. From seed
>collected in Transylvania." Does anyone know anyhting more specific about
>the origin of "Carpathia"?

	In the DIS 1996 checklist, Carpathia looks like it was used prin-
	cipally in breeding. All the cultivars in the DIS checklist were
	registered and/or introduced. It was introduced by Schreiners (no
	date given). It is also described as 4" (10 cm).

	I was also searching Live Jazz and came up with white pumilas and
	yellow pumilas on both the pod and pollen side...but 'Live Jazz' seems
	to resemble (on paper at least) the pod parent, 'Spring Bonnet' in
	color as described in the checklists.

	I also have an SDB that was almost deciduous for me, 'Grapesicle' and
	I spent some time trying to tie 'Live Jazz' up as a cousin...pretty
	difficult when a lot of the ancestors are described as I. pumila. :)
	I finally fell asleep on the sofa with the checklists all around me
	when my husband woke me at 1:30 AM....:(

	Cheers,

	Ellen

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