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Post by winter unfazed on Jul 15, 2008 11:37:52 GMT -5
How do you come up with new variety and cultivar names?
Mine sometimes are simply descriptive: 'Flaming Fingertip' pepper; 'Old High Acid' tomato, etc.
Sometimes I get them from music (bluegrass, country, Southern gospel): 'Sweet Forgiveness' violets, 'Gaither Vocal Band' corn (alluding to the song Give it Away), 'Uncommon'/'Unusual'/'Exceptional' (planned dill-fennel crosses; allusions to the song Uncommon by The Dills, etc.
Sometimes I use the placenames of where the source originated, e.g. 'Tesoro de Guanajuato' field corn.
Occasionally they are named for individuals: 'Hayworth' corn (after former Congressman Hayworth; it's a long story), 'RSVP' or 'Rebekah Smith's Vermilion Peach' (a peach cultivar originating from trees planted by Rebekah Smith near Fordland, MO in 1990).
Where do you-all get yours?
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Post by Alan on Jul 15, 2008 19:44:45 GMT -5
Mostly by alluding to and paying tribute to those people and or ideas which have inspired me and given me hope throughout time. A lot of it is musically related like "Astronomy Domine" sweet corn which is named after an early Pink Floyd song, along with Interstellar Overdrive Eggplants, Easter Everywhere bell peppers being named after an album by the 13'th Floor Elevators, Robert Johnson tobacco named after a bluesman, Mer De Noms Tomato after an A Perfect Circle Album, La Mer Tomato after a Nine Inch Nails song.
I've also started to name plants in honor of historical or political figures, some of my crosses this year in particular include the names Jeffersonian, King Alfred's, Tesla, and others.
To me it's all about what inspires me.
If it is seed that is gifted to me I usually ask the person doing the gifting what they would like to call it which is usually their last name or the name of the town it's from followed by the crop name.
In the case of Pop Gregory's pop corn, it was the matter of hearing one of Albert Gregory's grand children calling him pop and since the corn he bred was a pop corn the obvious choice seemed to be Pop Gregory's!
Hope this helps.
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Post by flowerpower on Jul 15, 2008 20:56:19 GMT -5
Tesla is a very interesting guy to read about. He was quite the mad scientist.
Alan also has the Nicholson's Cherry tomato.
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Post by winter unfazed on Jul 18, 2008 9:59:57 GMT -5
Alan, I guess one thing we have in common when it comes to choosing variety names is that we both like to use musically derived names!
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Post by canadamike on Jul 18, 2008 19:46:44 GMT -5
Except Alan always chooses titles that were inspired by funny chemicals  . Anyway, the day he names some corn Elvis I travel to Indiana and I Round-Up his farm!!  After all, he enjoyed funny stuff too and the day will come where the drawer of weird names will be kind of empty  |
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Post by Alan on Jul 18, 2008 21:52:46 GMT -5
Oh no my friend, the drawer of weird names will never run out, trust me, I haven't started on Literary influences, early rock and roll, Independent Music.
And you can quote me on this.....
I will NEVER, EVER, name anything after Elvis or in reference to him, I have 0 interest in any of the music, movies or ideas of Elvis, to me he is nothing but a footnote to the acts of Rock and Roll/blues/country greatness that are Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly, Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry, Howlin' Wolf, and Hank Williams (something named after Williams Sr. and Williams III is coming soon by the way)
But the weird names have just started.
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Post by canadamike on Jul 18, 2008 22:10:14 GMT -5
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Post by canadamike on Jul 18, 2008 22:41:43 GMT -5
And Leonard Cohen, where is Leonard Cohen my dear? He, too, is a fan of Hank Williams.
And it would be quite appropriate to call a result of the blue tomato cross '' FAMOUS BLUE RAINCOAT'' don't you think?
You seem to have the same aversion for Elvis that I have. I never knew why, but even very young, even under ten, without any influence from any adult around, I was TOTALLY unable to hear him, I would leave the room.
I never could explain it. We have to admit, he's got no exclusivity in the bad taste department, nor would his music stand out that much for a 7-8 years old french speaking kid.
The girls though, the ones that had already grown breasts while I was just starting noticing, where all mad about him... and the parents too, same with the Beatles, which I never was crazy about either ( but I tought they were much better anyway).
But with Elvis, the worse came a couple of years later. In those days, we only had 3 television stations, and one of them would air ''supper time family movies'' at 5 pm. They were all B movies of course.
And their favorites were Elvise's very bad movies. I was stuck there, we were eating. But every time the darn guy would start to serenade a girl in his typical corny fashion, I HAD to leave the table, I would put my hands on my ears and look at the floor while running in my room, it REALLY gave me the creeps, it was a very spontaneous and even physical reaction.
The family got used to it, they would call me back once the song was over...
So, my dear friend, the relief is real...
See you soon brother,
Michel
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Post by winter unfazed on Jul 19, 2008 11:48:21 GMT -5
And you forgot about BLUEGRASS music! Doesn't 'Quicksilver' sound like a good name for something?
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After all, he enjoyed funny stuff too and the day will come where the drawer of weird names will be kind of