Re: HIST--Oops! VAN CLEVE, 1928
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- Subject: Re: HIST--Oops! VAN CLEVE, 1928
- From: D* F* <d*@cornell.edu>
- Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 19:31:16 -0600 (MDT)
At 06:46 PM 8/9/97 -0600, Mike wrote, of the iris VAN CLEVE:
:
>I have never seen VAN CLEVE blooming in Cameron's garden, I don't remember
>if he has mentioned that he bloomed it. VC has grown in my garden since 94
>and it has yet to give me a stalk. It was not blooming when I visited Phil
>Edinger's garden although I cannot hold that against the iris since it was
>early and VC is touted as a medium-late bloomer.
>
>I would suspect that you have an iris that will take up space in your
>garden and perhaps give you one bloom year in five. There has to be some
>reason why it is such a rarely found iris! Up to the time Phil gave it
>distribution, it was only grown by Presby and Edinger.
Interesting. It received an "Award of Merit" listed under "Test Garden
Awards" according the the Jan. 1931 Bulletin. The 1939 Checklist blurb on
the hybridizer says Mr. Ralph Biggs Van Name of New Haven, CT, and his
sister Miss Theodora Van Name devoted much time 1910-1925 to growing Irises
and from 1913-1917 raised many seedlings. "Their best Iris was probably
VAN CLEVE."
Maybe it prefers the North.... :-)
Dorothy Fingerhood
daf10@cornell.edu
Newfield, NY
