Re: AIS: ?Convention plants

In a message dated 9/25/03 10:15:19 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
wmoores@watervalley.net writes:

> plants 
>  Date: 9/25/03 10:15:19 AM Pacific Daylight Time
>  From: <A HREF="w*@watervalley.net">wmoores@watervalley.net</A>
>  Reply-to: <A HREF="i*@hort.net">iris@hort.net</A>
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> 
> 
> On 25 Sep 2003 at 9:00, Linda Mann wrote:
> 
> >I recently received a form from the 2004 Convention folks reporting on
> >performance of the seedlings I sent.  The form has columns for stalks,
> >increase, and health.  The columns for stalks and increase were filled
> >out, but not the one for health.
> >
> >I'm not sure what to make of the information, since I don't know how
> >most plants usually do at conventions.  
> 
> Linda,
> 
> I have been sending guest irises to AIS conventions since 1977.  No two 
> conventions do the same thing.  Some convention guest iris chairs are very 
> communicative with the hybridizers, and others are not.  There have been 
> times when I have sent guests off to a convention and not heard a word until 
> it 
> was time to send the plants back. Some reported on only guests that had 
> died and requested replacements, but there was no report on the condition of 
> 
> those that lived.   Once I received a box of returned guest plants that were 
> 
> unlabeled!  
> 
> The last Denver convention was the first in memory to make a detailed chart 
> and to make periodic contact with the hybridizers about the condition of the 
> 
> guests.  
> 
> I think the AIS Convention Handbook has suggestions as to how to handle the 
> guest irises, but I don't think these are iron-clad rules.
> 
> The Fresno Convention has a nice format  and is communicating with the 
> hybridizers.  Here are some things written in my "health" column.
> 
> DEAD
> 
> POOR GROWTH
> 
> BLOOM OUT (This probably also means DEAD).
> 
> On some varieties that died in one garden, they showed five and six 
> increases 
> in other convention gardens.  Since soil conditions and skills vary, you can 
> 
> expect this.
> 
> Let me add that St. Louis (2005) responded very quickly to the receipt of my 
> 
> guests, and they, too, have a fine format.
> 
> Handling an AIS Convention is an awesome task, and I salute those who 
> accept the responsibility and stage a successful convention.  The problems I 
> 
> mentioned earlier are definitely exceptions to the fine conventions AIS has 
> had over the years.
> 
> Walter Moores
> Enid Lake, MS USA 7/8
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Is this the post of Walter's that many didn't get?  If it is, it came through 
here just fine.

George Mason, Portland Ore.  Sunny 83 degrees.

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