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Pine Mills Jonquil

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Sandy and I have sold batches of “Pine Mills” jonquil. These come from an old 1850’s era “farm” just north of Pine Mills Texas. When we collect various strains of n. Jonquilla we plant them out in big blocks to check for approximate bloom time and or health, size of bulb and multiplication. Actually bloom size and good form vary from clump to clump as there are HUGE differences when there are 150 years of cross pollination.
I use various names as we collect them in case five or six years after growing them under similar conditions I “might” want to go back and check for more! I NEVER intend to register any of these, again because of the variation from seedling to seedling clump. To me Baby Boomer, Chit Chat ETC. should all just be shown as n. Jonquilla.
For years we sold an early blooming n. Jonquilla that I have as 1110 West First Street. I dug it at an old rock cistern at that location in Mt. Pleasant:-)) I checked the county records and the land was originally homesteaded in the 1840’s. By the time this jonquil has ripe seeds the heads have often grown up over 30″ tall. Scott there at Old House Gardens always labeled this as “Early Louisiana” or “Sweeties” Jonquil when Celia Jones of Sisters Bulb farm ceased digging and selling these jonquils.
To me if ANY of the “named” or registered n. Jonquillas look and smell like n. Jonquilla and it sets seed and produces more n. Jonquilla looking seedlings then it is simply n. Jonquilla:-)) Keith Kridler Mt. Pleasant, Texas

2 comments for “Pine Mills Jonquil”

  1. Thanks Keith
    At last common sense all this splitting in the end is going to cause a lot of confusion as the difference are so small and I blame botanist in the first place and then the alpine enthusiasts for all this naming of clones why cannot we group them all say as Keith suggests jonquilla types. We have done it for the Nylon Group why not more and some of the intersectional’s need to be investigated as well.
    Regards
    Roger

  2. I have both the Pine Mills jonquil and the West First Street jonquil, and there are differences. Mostly in
    flowering times and floriferousness.
    And I notice a few people (Jon K in Fortuna for one) have the “Mississippi selecf” strain of N. jonquilla
    that CMDS sold this year. It is blooming heartily for me now and is more delicate and beautiful.
    I think I’ll keep them separate, just because I can. 
    Loyce McKenzie

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