HYB:Is THORNBIRD not a good cross?
- Subject: HYB:Is THORNBIRD not a good cross?
- From: w*
- Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 19:31:43 -0500
- Priority: normal
>
> But is it unusual to have any success with THORNBIRD? I've heard that it
> is, and when my brother (in Missouri) tried to cross it with something a
> few years back, he got a nice pod. . . with absolutely no seeds in it. Is
> THORNBIRD sterile. . . or is there such a thing? Can anyone tell me what I
> can expect of this pod?
> Ruth Vreeland
> Albuquerque, New Mexico - where the weather is gorgeous right now!
Branching will be perfect.
Vigor will be beyond belief.
You'll have appendages galore - spoons, flounces, horns - but the
flowers will be washed out creams or faded browns and tans. Unless
there are several pods and hundreds of seedlings, I do not see a
bright future for this cross.
THORNBIRD has been out long enough now to have had some children
registered, but I do not recall seeing any in the R & I's. It's
pollen is fertile. Could be I missed some since I am not really into
SA irises though I have taken a shine to ART SCHOOL ANGEL and
HEARTBEAT AWAY, the best two I have seen.
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS USA 7/8
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