Re: AIS:SYMPOSIUM IMHO

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In a message dated 8/31/2000 7:37:21 PM Central Daylight Time, 
BigAlligator@aol.com writes:(Not really Big's words)

<<  I think 
  some of the poor-growing TB's would be voted off if the ballot were 
  all-inclusive.  >>

So long as the MAJORITY of the responding members of AIS reside in a given 
area and/or befriend a given group of hybridizers, there will be irises that 
win AIS awards and remain on the symposium that do not grow well in other 
geographical regions or zones.

Let's fantasize for a moment and say that Linda Mann's yard suddenly became 
the iris Mecca of the world with near perfect temperatures, perfect seasons, 
etc.. Then let's move most of the AIS judges to Region 7.  (They'd move here 
quick enough anyway.)  

To further adjust the balance lets turn the entire western coast and half of 
the eastern coast into difficult soil with a climate that alternates between 
scorching dry summers and 'rollacoaster' winters. Giving time for programs to 
develop lets go ten years down the road, whose irises would be winning all 
the awards and whose irises would suddenly dominate the symposium?  The 
hybridizers with market savvy and charisma! 

Betty / Bowling Green KY USA (Hotter than ever) zone 6
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