New hybrid Irises



Greetings to all,

I agree with Ken's encouraging reply to Martin.  Hybridizing can 
always use more advocates.  Progress is made when new crosses are 
tried.

In our garden, we have new guest seedlings from our good friends Mary 
Betts here in Maine and Christy Hensler who lives in Washington, 
among other breeder's trial plants.  Mary sent us divisions of her 
cross between a tet Siberian, ORVILLE FAY, and Iris Versicolor, for 
which she has a Plant Patent applied for.  Christy sent copies of 
three significant new plants.  These are crosses involving Siberian 
and Japanese Irises she feels were successful and are very special.  
We are anxious to see all of these here and believe they will be 
wonderful new specimens in the gardens.  Quite likely, we'll see 
other exceptional seedlings in gardens of friends we visit during the 
coming season.  New seedlings are a fine treat to see.

Last year I sent Martin hand crossed tet Siberian seeds for his wide 
crosses involving Siberians.  Time will tell if these and other 
experimental work will produce viable seed.  I certainly hope so.  By 
all means, make some of your own interesting crosses this year.  
Lovely new flowers come from the basic efforts of people like you and 
I.

We wish you all a New Year filled with prosperity, good health and 
good cheer.

Jeff and Joyce          (only 2" of snow on the ground here, which is 
melting in very mild weather, for now.)






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