Re: OT-BIO Helen Crotty
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- Subject: Re: OT-BIO Helen Crotty
- From: "* <g*@nmhu.campus.mci.net>
- Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 22:16:06 -0700 (MST)
Greetings Helen and welcome aboard. Nice to hear from you. Now we will
expect to see a lot of entries at the NMIS show.
Dorothy Gordon
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> From: Helen K. Crotty <HelenCrotty@compuserve.com>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <iris-l@rt66.com>
> Subject: OT-BIO Helen Crotty
> Date: Monday, November 10, 1997 11:02 PM
>
> Greetings!
>
> My name is Helen Crotty, and I live in the mountains about midway
between=
>
> Albuquerque and Santa Fe at the 7000-foot elevation, USDA Hardiness Zone
=
> 5,
> Sunset Zone 2. I've been growing iris for about ten years, but only
> joined the New Mexico Iris Society in July of l996. Last spring I
joined=
>
> the American Iris Society and the Reblooming Iris Society, and last
summe=
> r,
> the Santa Fe Iris Society--really hooked, I guess one could say.
>
> I've been reading the Iris-List e-mail messages for the past week and
> anxiously awaiting the AIS October Bulletin, which finally arrived
today.=
> =
>
> Having acquired THORNBIRD at the NMIS sale last summer, I'm looking
forwa=
> rd
> to seeing what kinds of horns or flounces of what color it will produce
f=
> or
> me. I also bought a lot (too many, when it came time to plant them!)
of=
>
> rebloomers at the sale and from catalogues this year and expect to have
> some success with them eventually. None of the recent purchases has
> bloomed yet. I'm envious of those reporting rebloom on their new
plants=
> =2E =
>
> I really like the idea of an everbloomer and hope that it will be
possib=
> le
> to order some from Canada with members of one of the local societies. =
>
>
> This past spring was my best iris season yet, probably because of the
> summer rains and winter snows we enjoyed last year. So far this year
> we've measured nearly 20 inches of precipitation, far above average for
> here, but most of it came before the summer monsoon season. It would
be=
>
> nice if El Nino wouldl bring another wet winter. =
>
>
> I'm hoping to attend the convention in Denver next June, but it's a busy
> time of year, and I hate to be away from my iris when they're blooming.
=
> =
>
> Meanwhile, I enjoy the e-mail exchange and expect to learn a lot.
>
> Helen Crotty =
