AR: BRONZE BEAUTY
From: Sharon McAllister <73372.1745@compuserve.com>
Message text written by John Montgomery:
>
I am beginning to wonder if the real 'Bronze Beauty' exists. Three
attempts
to grow it have resulted in three different plants, none of which match the
description.
>
It was widely grown just a few years ago, but has been around long enough
to have some imposters making the rounds. I acquired mine in the mid-70s,
and it matched the photo in the old Austin catalogs, so I'm confident I got
the real thing. I know I've uploaded a photo to my web site, but am not
sure whether I've yet set the link. [My mother's been having a bad spell
and I haven't had the chance to do anything to my site for almost six
weeks. Sorry 'bout that, folks....]
>
Another puzzle - the checklist entry for Van Tubergen (the hybridizer)
lists
it as a RH which would follow from its hoogiana and stolonifera parents.
The
subsequent entry which registers it, lists it as a RC hybrid. Is this a
typo?<
Yes. It will be corrected in the '99 CL, but it won't be listed under that
name. This was a missed registration we were trying to correct, but
neither Kay nor I caught that in the meantime the name had been approved
for a TB.
Sharon McAllister
73372.1745@compuserve.com
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