Re: TB:Dykes Medal

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• Subject: Re: [iris-talk] TB:Dykes Medal
• From: K* &* B* L*
• Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 04:46:56 -0700

> Yeah right.  Thornbird and Conjuration?  They weren't even Monty Byers'
best
> work.  Many of his things were a bit behind on form & substance, but he
did
> a lot to advance rebloomers and space agers from the early predominantly
> droopy, bland, and unruffled varieties to things a lot closer to modern
> form, with excellent garden habits.
> John Reeds
    Perhaps Thornbird and Conjuration were some of his best work at that
time.  Having lived nearly in his back yard, I still remember the excitement
of local club members who first saw Conjuration in his seedling bed before
he had selected it for introduction.   We saw that it had distinctiveness
and abundant bloom, even then.
Kitty Loberg, Calif.



 

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