Re: HYB:Side Branch Anomaly
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] HYB:Side Branch Anomaly
- From: A* K*
- Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 09:27:18 -0600
Speaking as a non-hybridizer, one who is just a gardener, I vote for the introduction of the beautiful bloom, good growing, wonderful flower in the garden iris, even though it will never triumph on the show bench or win a Dykes medal. I take stalks to our show every year, and every year I hurt a little bit when I cut a beautiful stalk out of the garden and show it. The beauty is gone from the garden, where it might shine for 2 or more weeks, to perish all too quickly in a vase, if one even brings it home from the show. Bring on the garden beauty that is there for many to see in its natural setting, where I can appreciate it many times. The garden is the greatest show of all, not the bench, so don't hesitate to give us the gem that won't be mounted on a show bench!
Arnold
Arnold & Carol Koekkoek
38 7th Street, NE
Sioux Center, IA 51250
e-mail koekkoek@mtcnet.net
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