Re: Re: CULT - Is there a RED iris?
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: CULT - Is there a RED iris?
- From: B* S*
- Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 11:49:09 -0500
>The following is an excerpt from the June 2000 Cooley's
>Newsletter, Notes From The President:
>
>"we hope to see the red iris in flower by this fall or next
>spring, and commercial sales (in our catalog) should begin
>in 2003. We plan to preview the iris in our 2002 catalog, just
>so you can get a peek.. We're very excited about this incredible
>breakthrough, and we're sure you will be too."
>
Ah, but will it bloom red? I remember the German researcher at the turn of
the century who crossed radish and cabbage, hoping to get a plant with
cabbage tops and radish roots. According to legend, the opposite happened.
As Franz Kafka wrote, "Not all we dream of comes true." But we can
certainly wish them well in this interesting and exciting enterprise.
Bill Shear
Department of Biology
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
(804)223-6172
FAX (804)223-6374
email<wshear@email.hsc.edu>
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