Re: Re: IRIS RE HYB:REB:REPORT

Yes, bravo.

We as a group should try to keep track of whether these seedlings with JR as a pollen parent are any better than those as a pod parent for germination or other qualities.

Paul Archer
Raleigh, NC  Zone 7



-----Original Message-----
>From: "J. Griffin Crump" <jgcrump@cox.net>
>Sent: Nov 13, 2006 11:34 AM
>To: iris@hort.net
>Subject: Re: [iris] Re: IRIS RE HYB:REB:REPORT
>
>Rose  --  Another JENNIFER REBECCA cross!  Congratulations to you, too. 
>Maybe we'll begin to get some more nice progeny.
>
>I don't think the chances of October-sprouting seedlings surviving your 
>Missouri winter are very good, Rose.  You might try bringing some into a 
>not-too-warm environment, if you have one, and letting others sit out with a 
>mulching of a couple of inches of pine straw, just to see if they'll make it 
>that way.  And I'd want the pots sitting below ground level, too, so the 
>roots don't freeze.  --  Griff
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "rose" <rkinnard@minesmo.org>
>To: <iris-digest@hort.net>
>Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 7:46 AM
>Subject: [iris] Re: IRIS RE HYB:REB:REPORT
>
>
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>> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 5:45 PM
>> Subject: [iris] iris DIGEST V1 #65
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>>> iris DIGEST         Monday, November 13 2006         Volume 01 : Number
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>>> Subject: Re: [iris] Re: HYB:REB:Repo
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>> Betty,
>> I made 88 successful crosses this year, all have at least one reblooming
>> parent.  Seed count was good and all are planted in pots at this time.  I
>> did get a small pod on Violet Miracle x Jennifer Rebecca-11 fully formed
>> seeds.  I cross by color, pedigree and impulse-hopeful crosses for color,
>> vigor and rebloom-Eternal Bliss x Tenderly; Pearls of Autumn x After the
>> Dawn, Stellar Lights x Lace Jabot, Sugar Snaps x Candy Rock (ib's), Rodeo
>> Star x Blatant, Dawn of Change x Ringo, Edith Wolford x Final Episode.  EW 
>> X
>> FE was a just before I left for convention cross and the only successful
>> cross with FE I made this year.  I just planted Copper Classic last fall, 
>> it
>> had one beautiful bloom stalk and I crossed it with Hoosier Pride pollen,
>> only on take but 25 good seeds and am wondering just what it will throw. 
>> I
>> am hoping for better germination this year, some of last years pots were
>> sprouting seedlings in mid October, what a suprise.  Will they live 
>> through
>> the winter outdoors sprouting that late or will I need to move them 
>> indoors?
>>
>> Rose Kinnard
>> Fredericktown, Mo
>> Zone 6
>>
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