Re: Historic AUTUMN ORANGELITE
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- Subject: Re: Historic AUTUMN ORANGELITE
- From: C*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 12:09:09 -0600 (MDT)
In a message dated 97-04-12 16:15:04 EDT, you write:
<< Last year I ordered AUTUMN ORNGELITE from the HIPS sale. AO was
introduced in 1962 by G. Percy Brown before the color orange was really
perfected, except for Melba's ORANGE PARADE, 1959. I am doubting,
though, the authenticity of what I got from the sale. What I got was a
clean, glowing yellow self. There is no brown or any other muddy color in
this creation that has a 1930's form to it. I have been told that what I
have is ZANTHA.
If anybody grows either AUTUMN ORANGELITE or ZANTHA, please give
me your input. >>
I used to grow Zantha, one of the brightest yellows ever. It is clean,
glowing, and tailored. I've seen Autumn Orangelite, but can't remember what
it looks like; but you know what Doc Percy's irises are like, Walter. The
iris G. Percy Brown was about as good as they got. Brown did yeoman's
breeding work, and provided a gene pool for others but I don't think he ever
did produce a really "pretty" iris. Is it blasphemous to say this? Probably
caddish and insensititve at least, but it is the truth. Clarence Mahan in Va
