OT-BIO: Paul Archer

I'm reposting Paul's bio so folks can more easily find it in the
archives - I'm not the subject line police, just one of their assistants
<g>, who likes to know what kind of message I'm about to read.  And
likes to be able to find things in the archives.  My memory needs all
the help it can get these days..

For Paul and others new to this group - I'm not sure if there is still a
welcoming message/instructions, but there used to be, and one of the
things the instructions included was a suggestion to post a short
autobiography under the subject line OT-BIO.

As Anner mentioned, there are a lot of folks who are members of this
group who don't post or rarely post.  However, the archived  messages
are open to the public, have a search engine, and are used by more folks
than just those 130 registered members.

So whether or not folks choose to use the 'right' subject line, it helps
those of us reading from the archives if the subject line changes when
the thread changes.

Paul, you are doing some very interesting things!  Look forward to
seeing your 'kids' in the future.
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Paul's bio:
                   Ok, I'll share.

                   I grow mostly TB's.  Second most would be the
Arilbreds, but that is a slower process and progress even slower.
                   I tried dabbling in the Siberians but haven't been
able to do much or buy some of the newer cultivars I have wanted due to
budget constraints.  I don't really have the space to grow a seedling
patch for them right now anyway.

                   I have been breeding TB's for seven years now.  I
have had limited success in breeding for true red's from Frank Adams and
got my actual FIRST RED colorbreak to bloom this year.  It is a red from
anthocyanin, not
                   from any carotenoid influence.  Of course it lacks
form from its breeding, but growth is good.  Ya gotta start somewhere.
I do have others in the works also that haven't bloomed yet.  Frank
Adams was not a good parent for setting seed and I had to take what I
could get.  And then those seedlings were hard to get seed off of as
well. Persitance pays off.

                   I am also mainly working on carotenoid plicatas ( i.e
'Light Beam', 'Matrix', Champagne Time'), deep oranges, deep pinks,
candleabra branching,  bud count,  MTB breeding (diploid and tetraploid
and rebloom in BOTH), 'Navajo Jewel' type true blues, rebloom and
overall improvement of growth.

                   My absolute best perfomer here in Raleigh has been
Select Circle, but it is hardly my a flower I like.  So far it has only
tended to bloom in the Fall.  Makes it a little harder to make crosses
but had one success.
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