Re: HYB: MED: HIST: The Grapes Sisters of Nebraska

In a message dated 9/26/05 4:04:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time, DWiris@aol.com 
writes:

<< Thank you for sharing this information.  It is especially interesting to 
those of us who also love the little irises. >>

Certainly, Dorothy; my pleasure. I think they sound like real neat women.  

I probably should have included the first part of the article in my precis. 
It reads:

 "About ten years ago when interest in dwarf bearded irises began to shift 
from the few to the many, the importance of I. pumila in breeding became 
apparent. In the mad scramble to obtain breeding stock, it was discovered that 
Franklin Gardens was one of the very few, if not the only, commercial source in this 
country."

You see, like many folks of their time, they were very interested in rock 
gardening.

Cordially,

Anner Whitehead
Richmond VA USA

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