Re: Re:Seeds and Pictures

Lora - until I got 'in' to iris enough to discover the iris list, the only
iris I ever knew about were the ones in catalogs sent by these
companies.....and because I joined the list - I did receive several
catalogs from growers I never knew existed.  For the beginner, the answer
to the questions boil down to accessibility.  

Now - how to I harvest seeds?
Thankx
Sharon 



At 09:11 PM 5/4/98 -0600, you wrote:
>I have order from Springhill way back when I knew better and never again.  I
>know there are people who think they are getting quality plant stock and
>maybe now they are.  I just know at the time I ordered from them I DID NOT,
>and in fact, the irises I ordered were not even right. I still have them in
>the garden with the other unknowns.
>
>QUESTION:  There are so many wonderful and respected irises growers why
>would anyone buy irises from Springhill, Brecks, Parks', Jackson and
>Perkins, etc, etc?   I have bought many many plants from these companies but
>never irises.  The selling point is..................the beautiful pictures
>and you think you know what you are getting.
>
>Question:  know you have the irises with the picture from these companies
>but you have no date or hybridizer.  You fumble through all the catalogs to
>see if you can find someone who has that irises.  If that doesn't work one
>has to go through all the R&I's.
>But wait.  Where do I start?  Guess I'll have to go back into the 40's or
>50's and work my way up through the dates if I want to make up note cards on
>each of them.
>
>Question:  Do these companies give you lots of extras with your order and
>even newer varieties?   Some times one can get half their value spent on
>free and newer irises.
>I enjoy ordering from all the irises catalogs just to see what special
>package will be inside my order.
>
>
>
>
>Lora L. Masche
>Forquin Mountain Iris Garden
>21643 Shake Ridge Road
>Volcano, CA 95689
>(209)296-4436
>http://welcome.to/irisgarden
>-----Original Message-----
>From: The Hiltibidals <dutchman@fgi.net>
>To: Multiple recipients of list <iris-l@rt66.com>
>Date: Monday, May 04, 1998 6:18 PM
>Subject: Re:Seeds and Pictures
>
>
>>To Willaim Scarbrough:
>>
>>I just received Maryott's 1998 catalog - and they have an on-line catalog
>>with PICTURES!  www.irisgarden.com
>>
>>Also - call Springhill at 1-800-582-8527 to be put on their mailing list -
>>they offer 20 or more iris every year in color pictures
>>
>>Brecks is closely associated with Springhill, believe they sometimes offer
>>iris.   Ask to be put on both mailing lists
>>
>>Gurneys address is 110 Capital Street, Yankton, South Dakota  57079
>>Gurneys and Henry Fields are closely associated - ask to be put on both
>>their catalog mailing list - they each offer several dwarf and tb iris in
>>each catalog - plus a grab bag special.
>>
>>Dutch Gardens sends out a special color 4-5 page catalog, their
>>address is P.O. Box 200 Adelphia, NJ 07710-0200.
>>
>>Schreiners offer a mini-catalog free in the back of many garden magazines
>>and their address is:  3662 Quinaby Rd, N. E., Salem Oregon  97303-9720.
>>
>>Jungs always has a few iris - their address is J. W. Jung Seed Co,
>>335 S. High Street, Randolph, WI  53957-0001
>>
>>Fellow listers will cringe that you might purchase from some of these -
>>but when you're just getting started and want to see what you're purchasing
>>and they send you the catalogs free.........
>>
>>And to all Iris listers:  I always pull off the spent pulpy bloom if there
>>are still buds to bloom on the stem - if someone will tell me
>>how to collect seeds, I can send them to Wm, and would I be correct in
>>concluding that I need to include the name of the iris from which
>>I take the seeds?
>>Thanks all, Sharon
>>>
>>>Does anyone have any extra Iris seeds laying around.  If you do please
>>>send me some.  All so if you have any Iris pictures I would also like to
>>>see them.  You can E-mail me privately at az124@hotmail.com.  Thanks.
>>>
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