Re: HYB:101:Basics

My name is Jack Finney.  I am a new member of AIS.  Betty W, I would like to
read the articles your wrote in The Irisarian.  Your comments peaked my
curiosity.  How do I get hold of them?
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Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 9:40 AM
Subject: Re: [iris] HYB:101:Basics


> In a message dated 11/13/2003 9:08:31 AM Central Standard Time,
> loberg@adelphia.net writes:
>
> >  I'd like to offer a number 4.
> >  4.  Start by listening and working with those who've been there before
> > you.
> >  A single day spent with an emeritus hybridizer will save you years of
> > learning
> >  it the hard way.  And you'll feel very special for having shared the
time.
> >
>
> Excellent!  I'll offer a few things I learned from this procedure.
>
> Ed Roberts: (I bugged him for years) (Region 7) If you want lacy seedlings
> you need to cross 2 lacy irises.  Just one lacy parent will give some lace
but
> not a lot.  I've found this principle applies to many traits, including my
> beloved rebloomers. Thank you, Ed!
>
> Monty Byers: Mail and Telephone.  (We didn't meet in person) Use the best
> irises you can afford.  Cross the best Northern rebloomers with the best
> California rebloomers.  Actually, this was a point we agreed on.  He
helped me get
> some of the best to start my quest.
>
> Check out his irises on the register and you will see the pattern.  He
used
> the same principle with Space Agers.  The strongest Space agers with the
best
> oncers or rebloomers.  (Ben Hager was his mentor.)
>
> Ben Hager: (As you can see, none were safe from my probing questions!)
Mail:
> Ben is the one that told me that the only way you can get pink seedlings
is
> to use 2 pink parents.  If you use pink with anything else, you will get
white
> or yellow and no pinks.  You have to come back with pink in the next cross
to
> get back to pink.
>
> There has been some discussion (on this list) as to whether IMMORTALITY
has
> pink ancestors.  I crossed PARADISE X IMMORTALITY.  I got seedlings that
were
> white, yellow (light) and pale yellow amoenas. I also used IMMORTALITY
with
> PINK SLEIGH and got RETURNING CHAMELEON.  Some say they see pink in RC.
If so,
> this would imply there is pink in IMMORTALITY.
>
> I wrote a series of hybridizing articles for The Irisarian in the mid to
late
> 80's and used that as an excuse to bug EVERYONE.  It accelerated my
learning
> curve.  LOL!
>
> Ask questions, but be respectful of their time and energy.
>
> Betty W. in South-central KY Zone 6
>
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