RE: OT-BIO Greg Condiff

>Welcome to the List, Greg.  If you haven't already, you should probably
>check out the archives on Tom's page (telp@Rt66.com).  There has been
>substantial discussion on rebloomers recently.  The archives has a
>search engine so you can locate all the rebloomer threads.
>
>Have fun lurking.  And don't forget, a question unasked is a question
>unanswered.
>
>Maureen Mark
>Ottawa, Canada
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Greg Condiff [SMTP:cyberdel@ix.netcom.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 1997 7:26 PM
>> To:   Mark, Maureen; Multiple recipients of list
>> Subject:      OT-BIO Greg Condiff
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello, all. This is my introduction. My name is Greg Condiff, I live
>> and
>> garden in Christiana, Delaware (Zone 7). I searched out this list
>> because a friend gave me some re-blooming iris and I wanted to get
>> more
>> information.
>>
>> I have a lot of irises in my garden, but they are all gifts from
>> friends
>> when I bought my house 2 years ago, so I don't know any of the names.
>> Most are bearded, although I have some JI and reticulata. The
>> Christiana
>> river flows thru my property, and there are lovely wild yellow irises
>> on
>> the banks in the late spring.
>>
>> My favorite ones, though are because of their history. My mother was a
>> close friend of an opera singer of small renown who was a student of
>> Rosa Ponselle, an opera singer of great renown. Rosa was fond of
>> giving
>> my mother's friend gifts, and among them were divisions of her irises.
>> They have royal purple falls and standards that are the palest
>> lavender.
>> They have a fragrance that reminds me of chocolate.
>>
>> Although horticulture is an avocation, I did attend Delaware Tech's
>> horticulture program and studied under David Schied. I was a good
>> friend
>> also of Hal Bruce, late curator of plants at the Henry Francis duPont
>> Winterthur Museum and Gardens.  So while not a professional, I feel
>> lucky to have been able to (hopefully) absorb some of the encyclopedic
>> knowledge of theirs.
>>
>> I'm going to spend time at the Iris Web site and look for answers to
>> some of my questions.  In the mean time, I'll probably "lurk" on the
>> list until I get a feel for the tenor of things.
>>
>> Greg
>>
>>
Dear Greg:  Just a word of welcome from a devotee of reblooming iris for
the past forty-plus years. They are finally becoming accepted by more and
more of the judges of AIS. For years they were treated as offscourings,
ridiculous  as it sounds.  Lloyd Zurbrigg in Durham NC
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