Re: Breeding pinks
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Breeding pinks
- From: L* Z*
- Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 21:38:29 -0400
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Dear Patricia: Look for the BTs with pink, rosy, or near-red beards and use
them. It is true that the tangerine beards are often non-harmonious. Lloyd
Zurbrigg in Durham.N.C.
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>From: patriciabrooks@coupeville.net
>To: iris-talk@egroups.com
>Subject: [iris-talk] Breeding pinks
>Date: Thu, Sep 7, 2000, 3:06 PM
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> I just joined the iris-talk group and told someone in a reply what my
> hybridizing objective was; but since I don't see anything with my
> name on it in the list of messages, I'll try this way. If it's a
> repetition for any, please excuse.
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> Nearly all the "good pinks" I've been able to find have those (to me)
> awful clashing tangerine/orange beards. I want to make crosses that
> may override that gene. My instinct (having found very little in
> print on the subject) had been to cross with TBs that have
> no "tangerine factor." So far, I've only learned of one
> ("Silverado") and am told that crosses between pinks and blues just
> get chalky whites.
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> Other crosses I intend to try are with whites with white beards and
> red/maroon with self beards.
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> Can anyone give me any suggestions/knowledge that will help in this
> endeavor? I'm in the most perfect gardening climate I've been able
> to find (partly why I'm here) on Whidbey Island, off Washington State.
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