{Disarmed} Re: OT -- Kentucky (Was HYB: Rebloom)
- Subject: [PHOTO] {Disarmed} Re: [iris-photos] OT -- Kentucky (Was HYB: Rebloom)
- From: "J. Griffin Crump" j*@cox.net
- Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 16:38:08 -0400
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Annette -- Even after last
evening's downpour, I was able to plant again today. (Good drainage in the
new beds.) Now, must dig and replant two more beds
quickly.
Lexington is great horse country, of
course. My great-great-great grandfather, Alexander Breckenridge, sold the
acreage in Bourbon County that he inherited from his father, which is now
Claiborne Farm (home of Seabiscuit and Secretariat), and leased 1,000 acres
known as "The Military" lying between Lexington and Paris, where he bred the
thoroughbreds that he raced throughout the Bluegrass. It was his bad luck
to have a drought the first year that he had the land, and he was in a
years-long court battle with the lessor, who witnesses said had represented that
the springs on the land were perennial. Still, that limestone country is
wonderful. My cousin Lucy Crump was one of the ladies whose volunteer
work maintained Ashland, Henry Clay's home. I named my first
registered iris for her. We had planned to put some irises in one of the
gardens at Ashland, but Lucy passed away before we could do it. --
Griff
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