Re: CULT: and HYB: various iris types

John,
thanks for the info. your iris picks are excellent suggestions.
And as far as the 'dated blues', it's never advantageous, from any point, to cross back to the 'dated' varieties because the improvements in the new bloodlines would regress (more or less). And without rambling too much on genetics advantages, etc... (which i have limited knowledge of) the newer varieties would never get anything good from a backcross to something that dated?
I'm guessing a backcross like that would set back more 'improvements' than it would add.
Oh well, everyone's a newbie at one point in their lives. :)
thanks again for the suggestions.
steve
 
 John Reeds <lamegardener@msn.com> wrote:----- Original Message -----From: Steve Mahlberg
I would like to know if they'd be good to use in hybridizing  
experiments. Alexander's Ragtime Band, Black Hills, Blue Anew, Cliffs of Dover,  
Crowned Heads, G'day Mate, Great Lakes, Navy Blues, Nordic Ice,  
Pacific Panorama, Riverboat Blues, Silver Dividends, Skating Party,  
Son Of Dracula, Tide's In, Victoria Falls, Eternal Bliss, Point Made,  
Immortality, and Champagne Elegance.
Steve:  we all have different taste, and different opinions, but I love the full, ruffled, modern varieties.  Many of the iris you have listed, particularly the blues, are quite "dated" and improvements have been made even in the same bloodlines.
I would definitely add LOUISA'S SONG to any breeding list.  LAUGH LINES and DOUBLE DRIBBLE also have a lot of potential as parents.
John Reeds, in 9b southern California
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