Re: Bishop of Llandaff
At 09:28 PM 1/27/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>>I noticed that seed listed in the NARGS 2000 Seed list
>>that arrived in my mailbox today....
>>
>>Karin J. Covey
>
>If you have a plant of a named variety, e.g. Dahlia 'Bishop of Llandaff',
>it may carry this cultivar name ONLY if it has been asexually propagated
>(cuttings, divisions, tissue culture, etc). Seeds of named varieties,
>CANNOT retain the cultivar name, even though they may appear similar.
>Unfortunately, many growers do not recognize this, which accounts for much
>of the variation observed in plants going by the same cultivar name.
>Sometimes growers will use the term "seed strain" to refer to a group of
>seedlings of similar appearance.
>
>Don Martinson
>Wauwatosa, Wisconsin (Milwaukee suburb)
>USDA Zone 5 (-10 to -20F)
>AHS Heat Zone #4, Map at:
>( http://www.suite101.com/userfiles/79/hz1024.jpg )
How about tubers, Don? That's the usual way dahlias are marketed. Margaret L
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