MR,
Depending upon the group I either play oboe/ English horn or bass and Eb clarinet. Have played for 50 years, just like my hybridizing of semps. For a while I thought about doing music but my teacher said "you'll make much more money as a scientist Kevin". probably good advice.
Yes Ed Skrocki arrived at my folks place with the hearse. Needless to say this caused LOTS of discussion in the conservative New England town and many questions as to who might be dead in the Vaughn household.
His 'Packardian' was named for his loved of Packards and the hearse he drove was a Packard. It is likely that 'Packardian' is a seedling of 'Sanfordii' as it looks like a larger more elaborate version of 'Sanfordii' and it was one that he had collected seed as well. Unfortunately he did not keep records and most often just collected all the seed in a shoe box. When he visited my yard he was shocked that the seedling bed was about the size of a dining room table but I got so many good ones by hand crossing.
Kevin
