Re: Syntax for cultivar designations
There is already a widely accepted standard for designating cultivars,
using single quotations, such as 'Elinor Hewitt'. I see no reason to
abandon this convention when entering the cyberworld.
R. Dennis Hager
on Delmarva
Zone 6-7
murphy@cstone.net wrote:
>
> Hi All,
> I would appreciate name, hybridizer and year. It is so much easier than looking it up in the checklist. On other plant lists that I am involved with, the name is capitalized ( all caps) then
> breeder, then year. The capitalized name differentiates the cultivar from the person it may be named for. Example: ELINOR HEWITT Hewitt 92 This method helps to prevent an inadvertant
> error; I saw Elinor Hewitt in my garden today. I saw ELINOR HEWITT in my garden today.
> As more SI's are hybridized, more of the good names will be taken and we will have to resort to people's names. :) Jim Murphy
>
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