Date: Fri, 2 Jan 1998 09:54:00 -0500 From: "Mellard, David" <dam7@cdc.gov> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg9$foo@default> Subject: Re: VFT SOS PDQ
>1) Please don't do it! Named cultivars should not be sexually
propagated.
Now Jay <gr>, you don't really mean this. Of course they should or
rather could be sexually propagated. They just need a new name as you
pointed out.
>BTW, I learned this the hard way, when I was young(er) and foolish (at
least
>moreso than I am today ... those who know me keep quiet <grin>).
We have all been younger and more foolish, so move over. (Sorry, this
was just too good to pass up.)
>I was blithely growing D. x 'Marston Dragon' and D. x 'California
Sunset' which I
>had been given as seedlings (as in from seeds, that is sexually
propagated,
>which I've already said above is a no no.). On the advice of others
older and
>wiser than me, I reluctantly destroyed the plants.
You purposely destroyed cp's when some of us are struggling to grow
them. I just killed a D. x Marston Dragon because I didn't notice that
the media dried up. You could have kept them and started a dynasty.
Let's see: D. x MD L235 and
D. x CS AOL.com
See how easy it is <gr big gr>. My New Year's resolution is not to
tease people. I failed. Of course, since you're an officer and hence a
public figure, rules and promises don't apply <I'd better say gr here
too or someone will take me serious>
David
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