Re: Jennifer Rebecca

Just a note of interest on the comment below.  I had heard Jennifer Rebecca is somewhat pollen fertile so I have tried some over the years.  This year my first successful pod contained 3 seeds on one of my RED Frank Adams seedlings X Jennifer Rebecca.  Alas, only three seeds so I plan to make a whole lot more on this Frank Adams seedling next year with Jennifer Rebecca.

Let's just hope they most germinate when I do get them.



-----Original Message-----
From: jgcrump <jgcrump@erols.com>
Sent: Oct 23, 2005 3:00 PM
To: iris@hort.net
Subject: [iris] Zurbrigg irises


Turning to the others of Lloyd's irises that I, particularly, am concerned
with, I would list, first, JENNIFER REBECCA (Grace Thomas X Vanity),
Avonbank,1984.   Don Spoon often used to say that JR was the most beautiful
iris he'd ever seen, rebloomer or no.  It has exceptional beauty and grace, in
my opinion, and I have been working doggedly for 10 years to try to get it to
set seed again.  The first year that it bloomed for me, 1994, I got pods on it
from three different pollen parents.  The hellacious wet, icy winter of 1995
wiped out whole rows of my seedlings, including all of the JR seedlings.  I've
never been able to get another pod, but will continue trying, because its
color, form and branching are just as good now, in my opinion, as they were a
decade ago.

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