Arlyn ~ I did join HIPS as well as AIS and maybe TBIS, I'm not sure on that one.
Yes, your story sounds very plausible, and trying to identify the real old historics can be a bit of a challenge. They didn't seem to be so strict on the rules, or following them, but it's not for us to blame or judge them. Still, it can be a bit confusing, especially since there are so many similar ones, and, like you said, could have been crossed and recrossed...without the pedigrees, as a matter of expediency. Thank you for sharing that story.
I feel as though I have grown up with Henry Fields, but really, I have just been getting his catalogs for many years.
