Re: TB:old-fashioned but not historical
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] TB:old-fashioned but not historical
- From: C* D*
- Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 20:07:16 -0400
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Christy wrote:
"My ideal TB is over 4 1/2 feet tall (hate bending over!), with strong
stems, multiple branches, disease resistant foliage, complex color (not
pattern), and with the interesting haft marks of the older forms.
Not something that's likely to ever be considered for registration, but
perfect for my needs."
Why not ? If you managed to breed something perfect in your own eyes
and for your specific tastes that had all of the qualities you mentioned
above , why wouldn't you register it ? Who cares about current trends
or how it would look on the show bench . Shouldn't the whole idea in
hybridizing be to create something you like ?
I ordered 20 more historics this year to use for breeding , I certainly
don't expect to get a Dykes candidate out all of these crosses but I
fully expect to have seedlings that I like that will appeal to a certain
group of gardeners.
I used the pollen of CHAMPAGNE ELEGANCE on HONORABILE and several other
historics this year and I can't wait to see the seedlings :-)
Chris Darlington
Blainville , Quebec 5b
Where rebloom is better this year than spring bloom , my LOW HO SILVER
is 23 inches tall with 6 buds and CHAMPAGNE ELEGANCE is 36 inches.
