Re: Re: SHOW: Showing another's seedlings

In a message dated 5/16/01 9:43:11 AM Mountain Daylight Time, 
jreeds@microsensors.com writes:

<< As a courtesy, I would hope anyone entering a seedling would get permission
 from the originator, and would credit the originator.  >>

I'd like to expand on this a bit, because I believe that the overall process 
is more than a "courtesy":

1.  Crediting the originator is simply "playing by the rules".

After Gene Hunt was killed [a classic encounter with a drunk driver] his 
family allowed me to take as much of his breeding stock as I wanted and I 
promised to grow for increase and then introduce his remaining selections.  
Among the seedlings-not-selected, there was a dusky pink with what I 
considered ideal form -- so I entered it in an El Paso show under Gene's 
name.  

That proved to be the highlight of my show career, because it took "Best 
Seedling" in competition with creations of both Henry & Lu Danielson.  I 
won't even try to guess how many years one of them took home the "Best 
Seedlng" honors -- but I do believe that this Hunt seedling was the only one 
that ever beat them in our area. 

The experience convinced me that this particular seedling was worthy of 
introduction, even though Gene had not selected it himself -- and WHITHER 
THOU GOEST went on to become one of his more popular creations.


2.  Obtaining permission is certainly a "courtesy", because most hybridizers 
won't give you a seedling they wouldn't want to turn up in a show.

In my own case, space has always been a constraint.  I allocated twelve 
planting positions for each seedling that made it to the final stage of 
competition -- which wouldn't be enough for TBs, but was certainly adequate 
for arilbreds.  The strongest growers thus produced more rhizomes than I 
could accommodate, so became part of our catalog's "Gene Pool".  

This made the ones with the STRONGEST growth habits [and flowers that 
survived the screening process] available to other hybridizers as soon as 
possible and at a reasonable price. Plus, ANYTHING distributed through the 
"Gene Pool" came with permission to enter in shows or use in hybridizing.  

The proverbial "bottom line":  if you aren't sure you have permission to show 
someone else's seedling, confirm it.  

Sharon McAllister

 

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