RE: Response From Dave Niswonger to Paul Black Letter

[cheryl deaton <region15kids@hotmail.com>]

Hi Dorothy,
Thank you for educating me on the history of DIS and MIS.  I have only been
successful in growing Apricot Drops, though I
have tried many other miniatures.  My area (southern California north of LA)
does not get the cold that they seem to require,but the SDBs I have seem to do
well in small window box planters that line my walkway.  (Plus they get an ice
bath now and then in the summer time!)  My husband is a big fan of SDBs.  I
wish the two societies would merge just for the concentration of resources,
plus
the common interest, growing requirements, etc. that they have.  I absolutely
love looking at the miniatures at the conventions, and the Siberians, which I
also can't grow-too hot no shade!  Thanks again for your information.
Cheryl
> From: DWiris@aol.com
> Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 12:16:10 -0500
> Subject: Re: [AISdiscuss] Response From Dave Niswonger to Paul Black Letter
> To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org
>
> Hi Cheryl,
>
> You have brought up a sore subject that dates back to the organization of
> the Median Iris Society. Walter Welch, founder of the Dwarf Iris Society,
> wanted both miniature and standard dwarfs to be included in the Dwarf Iris
> Society. However, Bee Warburton, organizer of the Median Iris Society,
wanted
> standard dwarfs to be in the Median Iris Society. Bee had the ear of the
> AIS Board and convinced them that Walter Welch was a crackpot. I had been
> going to dwarf iris meetings at Walter Welch's garden for a number of years
> along with hybridizers and dwarf species collectors. He grew a very large
> number of I. pumila as well as a dwarf iris test garden. He was well
> respected at that time. Bee was, and continued to be, my friend even though
I
> disagreed with her position on standard dwarfs.
>
> Dorothy Willott
>
>
> In a message dated 12/1/2010 3:08:17 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> region15kids@hotmail.com writes:
>
> I originally joined the Dwarf Iris Society because I grow SDBs (Standard
> DWARF
> Bearded irises). Unfortunately, the Dwarf Iris Society concentrates on
> MINIATURE Dwarf Irises, of which I have only been successful in growing one
> variety. I terminated my membership
> in the DIS and joined the Median Iris Society instead. Combining the two
> societies would be a benefit to the general iris public since most of them
> do
> not differentiate between the two classes. To them, dwarf is little.
> Cheryl Deaton, AIS Director
>
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