RE: HYB: CULT: reselect seedlings & trash

I remember at the AIS national in Portland Oregon a few years ago, Keith
Keppel had a guest seedling similar to Abstract Art.  I liked it; he said
"oh, that dog, I'm going to throw it away".  I offered to take it off his
hands, but since it didn't meet his standards it was destined for the
compost heap.  I can respect that, though I don't agree.  I will be trashing
quite a few reject seedlings myself this year, though nothing I thought
worthy of display.  R. S.:  If you want the rest of that tall thing, just
keep my name off it and you can have it.

John Reeds
jreeds@microsensors.com

> From: 	wmoores@watervalley.net[SMTP:wmoores@watervalley.net]
> Subject: 	Fwd: [iris-talk] HYB: CULT: reselect seedlings & trash
> I have a beautiful, tough, reliable rejected seedling from a local
> hybridizer, given away during one of our plant sales before we were told
> we 'shouldn't' do that (official word from AIS).  He was not donating
> 'junk' iris seedlings, only ones that didn't meet his hybridizing needs
> or match his standards for introduction...
> Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
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> Is this a new policy of AIS?
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> I think the best way to get rid of seedling rhizomes at a sale is to put
> them in the 'unknown/for color only box.'  Some people even call it the
> landscape iris box, but then we have people who are hybridizing for
> landscape irises.  Call the seedlings 'unknown' and let them go if you
> don't want to shred them.
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> Walter Moores
> Enid Lake, MS 7/8 USA
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