Re: HYB: wide cross 101

I have no idea what <real> hybridizers mean by a wide cross.  To me, it
means not just different grandparents, but cultivars from different
hybridizers working with different lines in different climates for
several generations.

My favorite wide crosses are also between different color classes and
patterns.

Examples: crossing Schreiner, KK or BB bicolors with Zurbrigg selfs.

Not many of these have bloomed yet, & I do expect a lot of uggly
children with awful colors.  Hoping for good (or at least prettier)
stuff in future generations.

Pat said:
<Tom Burseen talked about his
                   hybridizing program. According to him, a wide cross
involves checking the
                   parentage of each iris in order to cross irises with
different sets of parents
                   and grandparents.>

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