Re: Need Iris ID
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- Subject: Re: Need Iris ID
- From: "* a* C* W* <c*@digitalpla.net>
- Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 19:24:17 -0600 (MDT)
Donald Eaves writes:
>
> A lady I work with asked if I could find out about an iris cultivar
called
> SIR JEFF. Seems her son-in-law Jeff was given this by his grandmother
and
> it was in bloom Easter weekend near Tulsa, OK.
Donald,
The 1989 AIS Checklist contains the following entry;
SIR JEFF (K. Tutin, R. 1985) TB, 36", LM. S. butterscotch; F. light brown
at top, shading to very dark brown at the edge, bright blue spot at end of
bronze beard, lightly ruffled. Autumn Leaves X Conversation Piece.
This cultivar was not introduced before 1990; don't know if it has been
formally introduced since. The home address of the hybridizer, Katherine
Tutin, is given as Stanton, Nebraska.
If you wish to take a step up in the peerage, there is also LORD JEFF (K.
Waite, 81) TB, 37", ML. Ruffled dark violet self. HM (83), AM (88).
I know not for whom SIR JEFF is named, but LORD JEFF honors Lord Jeffrey
Amherst, last Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in North America
during the French and Indian War.
(untitled) Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
cwalters@digitalpla.net
