Re: AIS: Check List definitions
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] AIS: Check List definitions
- From: laurief l*@paulbunyan.net
- Date: Fri, 25 Oct 02 12:57:15 -0500
>>From page 3: "Another innovation in the book is the placing of an asterisk
>before a name. This means that the variety is obsolete, no longer listed in
>catalogs, and when a darkened circle appears before a name, it is almost
>obsolete."
Thank you, Sharon, for this information. This raises an interesting
question. If "obsolete" refers only to irises that are no longer listed
in catalogs, and if an "obsolete" iris name can be released and granted
to another cultivar, what safeguards (if any) exist to prevent the
"obsolete" cv from surviving in someone's garden and reentering commerce
at some point in the future? Irises come and go and come again in
catalogs all the time. Surely "obsolete" must involve some verifiable
elimination of stock of the "obsolete" variety beyond its absence in
catalog listings?
>
>>From page 4: "Where varieties conflicted and the old approved ones became
>obsolete, the other has been raised to the approved list."
Which raises another question. Why would there be two cvs carrying the
same name at the same time? Why would there be an "other" that could be
raised to the approved list?
This certainly all seems to have the potential to cause much confusion
among historic irises.
Laurie
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