Re: TB: 'mart irises
- To: iris-talk@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] TB: 'mart irises
- From: H*@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 13:39:21 EDT
From: HIPSource@aol.com
In a message dated 5/13/99 1:15:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
StorYlade@aol.com writes:
<< How strange! My DOVER BEACH from Wally World is tainted with something
similar to the MARY FRANCIS virus! ... My GLAZED ORANGE is infected with
something similar to a JOYCE TERRY virus.... It has perfect branching and is
old gold with a large center spot of white on the falls.... My LACY SNOWFLAKE
has a red beard, and droopy falls. Maybe has the STARTLER virus? ... Only
EDITH WOLFORD seems unaffected with a virus. Who knew it grew well enough
in some areas for the rhizome to make it into this market? >>
Well, I'm very sorry about your orange one. I know what it is to yearn for an
orange one. I love them. The more luminous the better. But that
inner-pumpkinish tone, or sherbert, not that there is anything wrong with
that, but I love the real orange ones.
But, names aside, you chicks sound like you actually did pretty well with
those loathesome baggie rhizomes. I've seen quite a bit of EDITH WOLFORD in
the nursery pots here, so presumptively there are scrappy bits left over to
filter down into cellobags. You are sure of what you've got? EW is pretty
distinctive...
That red bearded white could be CHRISTMAS TIME or something similar.
Especially if it is a bit "doggy"--a disrespectful word to use about family,
but there it is.
Anner Whitehead
HIPSource@aol.com
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