HYB: Databases

From: Sharon McAllister <73372.1745@compuserve.com>

Walter Moores wrote:

>       For several years, I have been working on an article called "Violet
>  Miracle as a Reblooming Progenitor."  I sit down with an R & I or
Checklist
>  and begin to read parentages and jot down information when I find VM in
a
>  parentage.  This is slow, frustrating, time-comsuming work.  If I had a
>  searchable database, I could gather this information in a few minutes. 
VM
>  is as almost as productive as SNOW FLURRY was as a parent, and there is
a
>  lot of information I need to get before I can actually start to write
>  anything.

We don't have to wait for the Electronic Checklist to do this, the software
is already available.  I use mine mostly for my own breeding stock.  For
example, I can not only run pedigree charts all the way back to species,
but I can also quickly find out what seedlings I have that are descended
from a specific cultivar.  Although I HOPE that the Electronic Checklist
will be as versatile, I really expect to have to use the two in tandem.

Walter -- if you'll write to me off-list with a few examples you've found
of VIOLET MIRACLE's immediate offspring, I'll see what my database can add
to your list.  In addition to R&I information on the ancestors of my own
seedlings, I've included quite a few rebloomers I was analyzing as
potential parents.  VIOLET MIRACLE itself wasn't one I studied, but there's
a good chance I have extensive information on some of its descendants.

Sharon McAllister
73372.1745@compuserve.com

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