REB: RIS rebloom report forms
- Subject: REB: RIS rebloom report forms
- From: l*
- Date: Sat, 6 Oct 01 08:55:37 -0600
>the rebloom report depends on the integrity of the
>reporter -- there is no way that one can check on whether it was a summer
>acquisition or not!
I agree, Rosalie, that the legitimacy of any rebloom report relies on the
reporter. However, the RIS could improve this process TREMENDOUSLY by
taking the "grey" out of the grey areas of rebloom AND providing specific
reporting guidelines WITH the rebloom report forms they distribute each
fall. When I received my first rebloom report form from RIS last year,
it came with NO instructions or guidelines regarding what is or isn't
considered legitimate, reportable rebloom. One can hardly expect rebloom
reporters to be consistent in their reporting with no guidelines from
which to work! Heck, even the RIS Reporter itself publishes "rebloom"
reports from folks who identify cvs as being new summer acquisitions!
Does publication of such reports legitimize newly-acquired fall bloomers
as actual rebloomers for the zones of their new gardens? I would assume
so, but that is certainly not consistent with the Judge's Handbook.
I do happen to own a copy of the Judge's Handbook, but even that fine and
useful publication leaves many rebloom questions unanswered. I rely on
the RIS Checklist to provide me with some idea about which cvs might be
able to rebloom in my area, but I do always bear in mind how flawed that
information is with no comprehensive reporting guidelines ever having
been published by the RIS (not to my knowledge, anyway).
AARRRGGGHHH!!! Sorry for the rant, but this is fast becoming a pet peeve
of mine.
Laurie
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laurief@paulbunyan.net
http://www.geocities.com/lfandjg/
zone 3b northern MN - clay soil
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