Re: October Bulletin Cover
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- Subject: Re: October Bulletin Cover
- From: G* S* <g*@loop.com>
- Date: Fri, 7 Nov 1997 20:45:50 -0700 (MST)
Walter A. Moores wrote:
>
> On Thu, 6 Nov 1997, Rick Tasco/Roger Duncan wrote:
>
> > Walter A. Moores wrote:
> > >
> > > If somebody had just opened the Bulletin envelope, pulled out the
> > > contents, held up the cover, and asked you what it was, would you have
> > > said THORNBIRD?
> > >
> >
> > Absoutely not! As it grows for me it looks somewhat like the picture on
> > the AIS Web page. I have never seen it with flounces or spoons, only
> > horns. As a matter of fact when the Bulletin came I did not know what
> > the iris was on the cover and I have been growing it for 6 years.
> > Rick Tasco
>
> Thanks, Rick! You are the first to answer one of my questions
> about THORNBIRD and the Bulletin cover.
>
> Walter Moores
> Enid Lake, MS 7/8
Gee, I've grown it for about that long, and it usually has spoons
in my garden. On a typical stalk I get 2-4 horns and the rest spoons.
The purple lines on the falls are never as dark as the photo for me.
I like it better with horns, because of the striking color contrast.
Gerry
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Warm, winterless Los Angeles
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