HYB-- Garden visit
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- Subject: [sibrob] HYB-- Garden visit
- From: J* B*
- Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 18:46:03 -0400
From: "John Bruce" <jbruce@infinet.com>
Hi all-
I had a free day and took a drive to Steve Varner's place (Illini Iris)
yesterday. Steve was kind enough to spend a couple of hours with me
and donate some seedling pollen.
There were some interesting plants in the seedling rows, and I did manage
to leave with more than a few bottles of anthers. Only true iris lovers
would stand in a field of thigh-high grass with tweezers and bottles, trying to label
pollen, make notes in a book and manage a camera while calling it fun. <G>
Two seedlings of particular interest were one dark blue siberian with white
color-break splashes in the falls, and another dark purple bitone with
a medium sized navy blaze in the falls. Both were well branched and had nice
clumps of upright foliage. I spent the morning at home applying
pollen to my own siberians. I can only hope that some of my new seedlings
from last years' crosses will be half as interesting when they bloom.
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John Bruce jbruce@infinet.com
President, Miami Valley Iris Society
AIS Region 6 - SSI - HIPS
SW OH Zone 5 / Sunset Zone 35
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