Re: Hyb and such

Neil,

Laurie's right, it's not lack of interest.  
We're busy planting and playing in the dirt 
still.  I've been planting almost nonstop here 
trying to get finished up. That and I'm trying 
to get ready to hike to the bottom of the Grand 
Canyon this weekend. (Guess I'm hiking back out 
too, least that's the plan) 

Among my planned winter projects, I had decided 
to study both MASTERY and the "umbrata" 
pattern.  When it bloomed here last year, I 
recognized it as a variation on variegata, but 
really don't yet fully appreciate what all is 
going on there.  I need to study its pedigree.  
I also need to learn more about the inheritance 
of the Joyce Terry pattern.  

I'm especially interested in MASTERY because it 
has produced seedlings that have the yellow rim 
around the wider tan rim.  Barry Blyth had 
written that RULING LORD, a MASTERY offspring 
was producing this pattern as well.  I can't 
wait to make some crosses with these two next 
spring.

Do you have any recommendations for additional 
reading material on pattern inheritance?  I 
have read World of Iris and the recent 
Bulletins, but I am a voracious reader and 
winters are long and cold here, so I get plenty 
of time to read up.  Then maybe I can at least 
feel like I can ask halfway intelligent 
questions.  But not knowing much makes it fun 
too, I learn something new almost every day  : )

Robin 

zone 5 NE    (where at least its too cold for 
fire ants... I'll have to remember that in 
January)



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