RE: good pod parents?
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- Subject: RE: good pod parents?
- From: "* M* <I*@msn.com>
- Date: Sun, 18 May 1997 14:36:50 -0600 (MDT)
Linda, I don't personally know about the others, but SONG OF NORWAY, DESERT
REALM, AND SULTRY MOOD make great mommies, and I think pollen from CRYSTAL
GLITTERS ought to go well with just about any of the bearded iris. DESERT
REALM tends to give me narrow falls with pinched hafts, though, not to mention
washed-out color unless you're breeding it to another yellow plicata.
Barb in Santa Fe, where so far I don't think any of my crosses have made it,
due no doubt to the weird weather.
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From: iris-l@rt66.com on behalf of LMann76543@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 1997 6:16 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: HYB: good pod parents?
Sharon McAllister sent me some pollen which I daubed around on several
different plants yesterday. No great expectations of success for two
reasons, one maybe some of you can help me with. (The first reason is lack
of experience in recognizing good weather, time of day, look of stigma when
it's ready, etc.) The other is in knowing which cultivars are likely to be
fertile pod parents. Given how difficult my frost pocket garden is, I
selected pod parents more on the basis of performance than on flower color or
genetic makeup. Lloyd Zurbrigg posted some information on pollen sterility
but I don't think we've had any discussion of pod sterility.
It might help me improve the odds of getting a successful cross if I could at
least avoid trying to make crosses with 'known' pod sterile kinds. Does
anybody know about these?
CELEBRATION SONG
LACY SNOWFLAKE
JOYFUL NEWS
VANITY
JAEL'S CONQUEST
WINDWALKER
WINDSONG WEST
STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
INTO THE NIGHT
MONTEVIDEO
SONG OF NORWAY
WORLD CLASS
BAYBERRY CANDLE
SULTRY MOOD
DESERT REALM
also, how's the pollen of CRYSTAL GLITTERS?
Linda Mann lmann76543@aol.com east Tennessee USA
