Hyb: new historics
From: James Brooks <hirundo@tricon.net>
Began my plan to breed new Goos & Koenemann varieties this week, my first
time ever to splinter a toothpick for purposes of dabbing pollen.
Quickly discovered my most prolific pollen parent, and one of my favorites,
is Dauntless (Connell '29, DM '29), a bitone red with Tennessee hound dog
ears from that group of hybridizers in Nashville that dominated US
hybridizing during the 1930s about half as well as Cayeux did in France.
With Mary Geddes and Copper Lustre also winning Dykes Medals during this
period, it is obvious that these people loved reds and earth tones.
Interesting, since they successfully lobbied to have the iris made the
Tennessee state flower, no color specified "but generally regarded as a
blue or purple iris," the conclusion from the legislature ran.
Since I'm sort of a Tennessee/European transplanted hybrid myself, I had no
trouble mixing Dauntless with Pfauenauge and Loreley, and even San
Francisco while I was at it. Then to see if I could find a redder red, I
mixed Dauntless with the modern red, Time Tapestry. I let y'all know what
happened in a couple of years.
One thing I found interesting is observing how quickly a brand new bloom
closes up once it is pollinated. It's biologicial imperitive satisfied, it
is outa here!
James Brooks
Jonesborough, TN
hirundo@tricon.net
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