Re: Intro-Bio(& help with books)

Dear Sharon, I assume you are a member of AIS since you are on  email, so 
look in the last (April) BULLETIN on page 124 which is the beginning of the 
AIS Storefront.  I f you are really "going into" irises, I suggest the "World 
 of IRises" of some 500 plus pages ($27.00)  and there is a newly published 
"Basic Iris Culture" which is very fundamental ($1.50) and is good to start 
with.  You are in Region 4 and I THINK new members automatically receive this 
as members in our Region.  But I also heartily recommend Bill Shear's "The 
Gardeners Iris Book" which is sold to members at the very special price of 
$17.00 (elsewhere $25.00, I think)  As you get deeper into irises, you'll 
find you can't do without the R & I (Registrtion & Introduction) which gives 
you the answers to the questions you've asked.   If you are more adept and 
have more patience for that sort of thing than I would, you can also find 
this out on the internet - but someone else can tell you  how to do this - I 
prefer the printed page! The R & I are published yearly between decades, 
there will be a new one for the 90s - soon I hope - that will have irises 
registered and introduced since the last volume -1989 -for the past 10 years.

I'm so happy to welcome someone new (at least on what I call "the monster") 
in our region 4!!  Do you belong to a chapter/society in your area?  There 
are a number in N.C. -- and the region just had its Spring meeting in Norfolk 
- I'm sorry you missed it.  We always have fun and learn a lot.  Roy Epperson 
gave 3 judges training classes that always keeps me awake, so you know they 
were out-standing  - and done in a professional manner   -  otherwise I'm 
likely to nap!  We had a day of garden tours - read Glenn Crump's report on 
email he gave a few days ago and you will make every effort to attend the 
next one!  Region 4 people are very special and cordial - IMHO!!

Now to get back to Fayetteville - I thought that was near Asheville (which is 
certainly not coastal) - I went to Camp Junaluska so many years ago, I may 
have misplaced the town that was nearby!  To make it easier to put you in 
address files, could you give your last name and zone -- if you notice other 
emails, that is what is usually done.  Again, welcome.  Rosalie nr Baltimore, 
USA  zone 7 (sometimes I think we're flirting with 6)    ryfigge@aol.com

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