Re: Hyb: Setosas....was Welcome

hagg@alaska.net wrote:
> 
> I was interested in your comment about selfing to bring up
> recessive genes. What is the value of that to a line? Is it to see what
> all is available in any given flower? Is that a wise thing to do with
> perhaps all the plants I am interested in breeding?

It has been said (I read it somewhere) that selfing is the ultimate in
line breeding.  I found a Standard Dwarf in my seedlings a few years ago
that sported an occasional flounce.  I selfed this plant.  It produced a
child that has all flounces all the time.  It is not pretty, but I am
working on that.  Selfing will sometimes "intensify" a characteritic, at
least this has been my experience.  

Rick Tasco
Superstition Iris Gardens
Central California
Zone 8
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