Re: [SpaceAgeRobin] Re: unknown seedling

Hello Chris,

>If I look at my crosses from 2003,
> my only THORNBIRD cross was X Sutton's EAGLES LANDING.  I had another
> 75 seedlings germinate from this lot last fall so there's more fun to
> come.

That's a lot of seedlings from a single cross.  Enough to really tell what 
the parents have to bring to the table, I'd think.

> I sympathize with your uphill battles to create Iris beds, I've seen
> the photos over the years of those huge rocks you have to pull out, it
> doesn't look like much fun to me ;-) If I lived closer to Texas, I'd
> drop by to give you a hand. I'd be very interested to see how those
> crosses bloom.

I'd take the help :).  Sooner or later they'll probably make it into a bed. 
Maybe not soon enough to see bloom the first season, but that usually gets 
zapped by a freeze anyway.

> Do you still have your deer or did the dogs chase him away ?

He's gone, but I really don't know the circumstances.  I had a nephew 
graduation to attend in Houston which is more than a five hour drive from 
me.  The rascal made me leave hours later than I'd intended.  I had one 
person licensed to have deer out and the game warden came twice, but neither 
were successful in removing him.  When I returned Sunday, he was gone. 
Hopefully I won't become one of those weird newspaper articles you read 
every year or so - you know - those that say 'man killed by deer'.  It's not 
legal to keep one as this one was apparently kept without a special license 
and those are pretty hard to get.  Only the one person in our whole county 
has it.  Both he and the game warden warned me to be careful as he was 
already too old and too big to be considered safe.  They felt he should be 
destroyed, but that's not legal either.  When fall comes and rut season 
begins, he could prove to be really dangerous since he does not have the 
natural fear of people one raised in the wild would display.  Cute as he 
was, I have no illusions.  I was threatened once by a wild one.  Though that 
came out okay, it was nerve wracking waiting for him to finally wander off 
elsewhere.  The dogs?  Well it was a problem to keep them from attacking.  I 
don't encourage that behavior and particularly not in this case.  Deer are 
far too similar to my neighbors goats.  They are used to chasing the wild 
ones with no hope of catching one, but this fellow had no fear of dogs 
either.  In fact, he agitated them deliberately.  The photo I posted was 
very deceptive as regards the dogs.  It was not an accident they are between 
me with the camera and the deer.

Donald




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