Re: Double iris-a plea for circumspection
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: Double iris-a plea for circumspection
- From: J* I* J* <j*@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 23:06:41 -0600 (MDT)
Walter A. Moores wrote:
> Henryanner@aol.com wrote:
> > I enjoy variety in irises, although I don't usually like freakish things, and
> > it seems to me that it would be important to perpetuate--not compost--
> > breakthroughs for those who might like them and for hybridizers who might
> > want to perfect their own pursuits using all available genetic material.
> Anner, thanks for picking up on the thread where I so miserably
> failed. You added eloquence and brilliance to my bare-bones plea.
Anner and Walter,
Though I don't really care for "Spacers", I agree with you both on the
necessity for maintaining advances in the gene pool, and in fact have a
few SAs in my garden that I think are attractive for their other
qualities.
John | "There be dragons here"
| Annotation used by ancient cartographers
| to indicate the edge of the known world.
John Jones, jijones@ix.netcom.com
Fremont CA, USDA zone 8/9 (coastal, bay)
Max high 95F/35C, Min Low 28F/-2C average 10 days each
Heavy clay base for my raised beds.
