Fragrant Iris
LMann76543@aol.com wrote:
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> john - you mentioned "Heady Perfume." as a good fragrant iris - i have
> forgotten where you are located, and was wondering who the hybridizer is and
> year of intro, if you know?
Linda (et. al.)
The list from the Westbay Iris society that held the flea market sale where I got "Heady
Perfume" lists J Weller as the hybridizer with intro in 1991, described as TB, 36", tailored
white, deep golden yellow beards.
Another candidate is "Persian Berry", L Gaultier, 1977, TB, 35",Light mulberry and lavender
blend, deeper mulberry-rose hafts; tangerine beards; lightly ruffled. Schreiner's describes
it in the '92 and '95 catalogs (the only ones I have) as (Gaulter 1977)M.36",HM'78, AM'81
and says it rates next best or equal to "Mary Francis" by the same hybridizer. Pictured on
page 67 of the "95 catalog
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John | "There be dragons here"
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John I Jones, Fremont CA, jijones@ix.netcom.com, USDA zone 8 coastal(bay)
where it is sunny and 78 today, forecast to 85 tomorrow.
(Sorry I can't help myself sometimes... However, we never get the wonderful days of spring
and fall that I knew as I was growing up in Pennsylvania, and I truly miss them)
