Siberian iris test garden
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- Subject: [sibrob] Siberian iris test garden
- From: E* G*
- Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 14:35:07 -0500
From: Ellen Gallagher <e_galla@moose.ncia.net>
Hello - I took the liberty of sending Bill D.'s post re
a test garden for Siberian irises to Clarence Mahan, the
current Pres. of AIS. His reply follows:
>From: CEMahan@aol.com
>Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 14:17:51 EDT
>Subject: Re: interesting concept?
>To: e_galla@moose.ncia.net
>MIME-Version: 1.0
>
>I am very supportive of the concept of a Siberian trial garden, and hope SSI
>will pursue it. You might get some region to sponsor it, but if not a local
>affiliate would be fine it would seem to me. This would be sort of a Dr.
>Loomis Award affair---there is nothing to preclude the garden sponsored by
>SSI from establishing its own awards. As for AIS, there is a long history
>involving test gardens and most Board members have not been positive on AIS
>involvement in trial gardens at the national level. But there is no
>hostitlity or 'anti' views re regions or sections doing such, at least I
>don't think so. Thanks for sending me the message---and I really hope it
>happens. Clarence
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