Re: HYB: White Lightning
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] HYB: White Lightning
- From: J* a* C* W*
- Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 07:50:02 -0600
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Betty Slade wrote:
> > Couple this with the story of WHITE LIGHTNING coming from a pod which
> > produced 3 seed (that's what I was told) and you have some great
> > incentives for the back yard hybridizer! Anything can, and does,
> > happen.
Betty,
I recall that there is a similar story about SNOW FLURRY (C. Rees, 1939),
probably the key breakthrough towards more modern form and substance in
TBs.
and Walter Moores replied;
> Betty, how does WL do for you? It got zapped here by a frost/freeze
> years ago for being hyper-active in the early spring. My seedlings
> from it were very tender, too. I think I have read warnings about it
> from other sources, also. Its tenderness may be mentioned in our
> archives.
Walter,
The same thing happened here with WL almost every year. Pity, because it
was the most willing grower of any of Gatty's TBs that I have tried.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2, AHS Zone 7)
jcwalters@bridgernet.com
