Re: Re: TB: old-fashioned but not historical
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: TB: old-fashioned but not historical
- From: J* a* C* W*
- Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 08:08:30 -0600
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> From: linda Mann <lmann@mailhub.icx.net>
> I have produced a bunch of these as well - carefree & reliable, I have
> gradually gotten rid of most of them, keeping the best few. & really
> enjoy having SOMETHING that I know will always bloom no matter what the
> weather throws at them.
I can verify this, as I have been growing one of Linda's seedlings that she
sent me. It is recklessly fertile, too, even though by rights it ought to
be a rather infertile triploid.
> Sounds like the OFBNH Society is off to a good start with several of us
> enjoying these crosses <g>
Old-fashioned-but-not-historical Iris is quite a mouthful - why not just
refer to the concept as Retro Iris?
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2, AHS Zone 7)
jcwalters@bridgernet.com
