Prologue 
Divine the 1946 
blooming season we did 
some experimental hy- 
bridizing and found it 
most intriguing. If you 
have not tried it, we 
suggest you do so in’47. 
You will find 
simple and most fasci- 
nating. A. I. S. Bulletin 
No. 93 contains an ar- 
ticle by Kenneth Smith 
which by word and pic- 
it very 
ture explains all you 
need know to make 
successful crosses. We 
believe this bulletin is 
still 
the secretary. 
obtainable from 
In the course of our 
hybridizing we learned 
of 
to 
as 
a number things 
and expect learn 
many more time 
goes on. Because this 
information is not gen- 
erally available, and it 
seems it should be help- 
ful to new hybridizers, 
and perhaps some of 
the older ones, we are 
incorporating it in our 
catalogue, and welcome 
your comment and sug- 
gestions. 

ILI YY INMOM Sh IR 
Hybridizer’s Corner 
All information offered here is from our 
1946 experiments and may not necessarily be 
conclusive, but we hope it will be interesting 
and helpful, 
During the 1946 season we made 127 crosses, 
many of them reciprocal, and harvested as a 
result 197 pods. The number of pods would 
have been much greater but much work was 
done with the hybrid Mohr family, our present 
chief interest. 
We have been greatly intrigued by the 
startling break achieved by Mr. Salbach in 
Lady Mohr, and in reports of a new white 
from Mr. Milliken, plus a number of new ones 
from Prof. Jory, including two blues. Conse- 
quently we decided to work extensively with 
the Mohrs, crossing them mainly with tall 
bearded yellows. 
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Using all of the aady Mohr pollen we had, 
and much from Mohrson and Ormohr on about 
100 blooms, we succeeded in getting but one 
pod, this one from Treasure Island, using Or- 
mohr pollen. There was plenty of pollen on the 
Mohrs, and the weather was perfect, but the 
cross was difficult, though perhaps worth- 
while, as Lady Mohr’s pod parent was 
ported a bearded iris, the pollen parent a hy- 
brid. (Capitola?) 
However, using the Mohrs as pod parents, 
fine results were obtained; 27 pods in all, each 
variety setting seed quite readily. Pods and 
seeds were rather smaller than on the tal} 
bearded varieties; pods averaging about 10 
seeds, while the tall bearded averaged nearer 
380 or 35. 
The crosses on these Mohrs were made on 
strictly fresh blooms, some even being forced 
open to pollenate them. 
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