Re: AIS:SYMPOSIUM IMHO
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] AIS:SYMPOSIUM IMHO
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- Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 08:53:01 -0700
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wmoores@watervalley.net wrote:
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> ....
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> Donald mentioned poor-growing symposium winners. I think
> some of the poor-growing TB's would be voted off if the ballot were
> all-inclusive.
The bottom-ranked TB's would be voted off. These are not necessarily the
worst growers, as we all know.
> There are much better LA's, arilbreds, Siberian,
> medians, etc. than some of the TB's on the list.
No argument.
But which TBs are inferior and which non-TBs are superior does vary from
climate to climate, to some (often great) extent.
> I wouldn't suggest
> the Symposium ballot be used as a 'want list' because of the poor
> growers on it and because it isn't all-inclusive.
Of course, the best source for a want list is seeing the iris grow in a
garden in the same climate/micro-climate/soil.
And obviously, a TB Symposium does not help very much in choosing
Siberians.
But other than a regional break-down of Symposium votes (and I hope each
regional bulletin prints its own) I know of no better single source for
a TB want list than the Symposium winners (not ballot).
I know I have bought a few iris I was not familiar with because they
were listed, and have been pleased.
>
> Before the Symposium name was changed to the Tall Bearded
> Iris Symposium, I often heard people refer to the Symposium as a
> 'joke.' I am wondering if it still is.
I am not laughing, but I suppose many others are.
>
> I think I have 'beat the horse to death' now!! I hope Gerry is still
> listening and taking notes! :)
Yes. I am enjoying all the postings. Comments range from change nothing
to change everything, with each particular especially liked by some and
detested by others. Summarizing will be a challenge.
Gerry
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g*@loop.com
Gerry Snyder, AIS Symposium Chair, Region 15 Ass't RVP, JT Chair
Member San Fernando Valley, Southern California Iris Societies
in warm, winterless Los Angeles
