Re: TSI and fragrance
From: "Harold Peters" <harold@directcon.net>
Commercially, I would say that fragrance is not worth breeding for. There
will be a few (me near the first of the list) that will buy because of
fragrance but in general the public does not consider fragrance in an iris
to be important. I have an expensive collection of fragrant TBs and am
putting many of them in the bottom row of the hill. After that is the burn
pile. It is my theory that fragrance is influenced by soil nutrients. I
haven't found out which ones yet or how to get whatever is missing into the
soil but I am experimenting in a rather haphazard way. This year the
experiment involves alfalfa and compost. If that doesn't seem to make a
difference, then I will try seaweed.
There are a few cultivars; Double Agent, Tennison Ridge, Sugar Blues, Orange
Popsicle that sell heavily because of their pronounced fragrance. I and some
of my customers have been able to smell Sugar Blues at a distance of 15 to
20 feet. That kind of fragrance will create fragrance sales.
If you ever cull any seedlings that have a nice, strong fragrance, I would
be interested in purchasing some for hydribizing purposes. The only seeds I
planted this year are from bee pods on the fragrant TB Makes Scents.
Harold Peters
Beautiful View Iris Garden,
El Dorado Hills, CA USDA zone 9
harold@directcon.net http://www.beautiful-view-iris.com
----- Original Message -----
From: <Jpwflowers@aol.com>
To: <sibrob@onelist.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 5:07 PM
Subject: Re: [sibrob] TSI and fragrance
> Any other stories of scented siberians? Is it a trait worth breeding for?
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