RE: Subject: Re: SHOW: English Boxes

Laurie,
	You are right about the show being misleading up to a point.  A perfect
stalk is a perfect stalk regardless what the plant at home looks like.
However, to further educate the public on what iris are really like, we
invite them to attend the tour of gardens we host every year.  Before the
see them on the bench they can see them au naturale. <G>

Dana Brown
AIS Region 17 Judges Training Chairperson
Director TBIS
AIS, ASI, MIS, RIS, SPIS, TBIS
Malevil Gardens
Lubbock, TX
Zone 7 USDA, Zone 10 Sunset
d*@malevil-iris.com



 -----Original Message-----
From: 	laurief [l*@paulbunyan.net]
Sent:	Monday, November 18, 2002 8:53 AM
To:	iris-talk@yahoogroups.com
Subject:	Re: Subject: Re: [iris-talk] SHOW: English Boxes

>just to see a perfect blossom (and most stalks have one)
>does not give a complete picture of the worthiness of a plant -- which
could
>have a snakey stem. b uds tight against the stalk, etc etc!.  It is
>misleading the public and actually a mis- service to the iris world.

Hi Rosalie,

I understand your reservations about the display of single blooms in
English boxes, but I would dare extend the same reservations to all
irises exhibited on the show bench in any method of display.  I've never
been to an iris show, so my thoughts are strictly hypothetical, but
wouldn't it stand to reason that even the most perfect show stalk
couldn't possibly provide a complete picture of the worthiness of a
plant?  I've seen gorgeous stalks on irises in my garden that proved very
rot-, borer-, scorch-, botrytis-, or leaf spot-prone at other times of
the year.  There are also marginally cold-hardy and slow-growing irises
that have produced perfect stalks in my garden.  None of those problems
will show up on the show bench.  In that regard, I would think all show
bench exhibition styles have the potential to mislead the public and do a
mis-service to the iris world.  I don't see as English boxes are any more
or less likely to do so, aside from the obvious absence of the stalk.

The key to avoiding public misconception is public education.  Capture
the public with beautiful blooms, stalks, and arrangements at iris shows,
but keep them with accurate information about the care, culture, and
realities of the plants in the garden.

Just my two cents worth,

Laurie


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