Re: Descriptions-More!!!

Sing7178@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Thanks to everyone who helped me with my descriptions.  I have a few more.
>  If you have time let me know.
> 
> BLUE VALLEY
> GRAPE SCENTED BLUE
> MISS CAROLINE
> HIT PARADE
> PINK GIANT
> ALMOND BLOSSOM
> TINKERBELL
> TOAST MASTER
> WINNERS CIRCLE
> WHITE TOKEN
> YUBBLE GUM
> SUN BLOSSOM
> STERLING SILVER
> SPRING FLING
> PRECIOUS MOMENTS
> ORANGE GAME
> 
> I even have a few more after this...but I'll wait a short while longer before
> I ask!
> 
> Thanks again
> 
> Gayla
> E. Peoria
> 
> A cool sunny day in Illinois today.  Perfect gardening weather


Again, I can help you w/the older ones, as I have Sourdough's list 
(don't you still have it?) and the checklists only through 1979. Next 
month...! BTW, the 1939 and 1949 checklists use a letter-number system 
rather than a word description as the 1959 and later checklists do. 
That's why catalog descriptions and people's experiences w/the irises 
are so valuable. Since none of my historics have bloomed yet, I am very 
happy to have everyone's input on how they do and hybridizing potential!
         --Barb J.

BLUE VALLEY (Kenneth Smith '47) AM '49; Very near a true blue, ruffled 
and large in size, sparkling sheen; yellow tipped white beard. Tall.

GRAPE-SCENTED BLUE (Ancient) Old variety; a smaller blue-lavender 
w/fragrance of concord grapes. 30"  (Maurine's note to me said it's what 
is popularly known as PALLIDA DALMATICA, which is a great little iris. 
Mine hasn't bloomed yet, but it's survived the winter in fine fashion.)

MISS CAROLINE (not registered?) A seedling, smaller edition of Caroline 
Jane, blue-lavender on white; multiplies rapidly, sometimes two 
flowering stalks from one rhizome. An excellent border iris. 36"

HIT PARADE  (Dave Hall '47) No awards?!  Bright pink, some ruffling; 
tangerine beard. 32-34"

PINK GIANT (not registered?) Light pink, spicy fragrance, tall (40"), 
late flowering.  Some of Maurine's irises are seedlings of other irises. 

ALMOND BLOSSOM (Tom Craig '53) No awards. Clear peach-blossom pink self, 
baby-pink at haft; ibis-pink beard. Sweet scent; tall. 

TINKERBELL (Geddes Douglas '54) Cook-Douglas Award 1960; SDB, 13" E  
Standards medium blue; dark blue spot center of falls; fragrant; white 
beard; multiplies rapidly; ruffled. 

TOASTMASTER    Newer rebloomer.

WINNER'S CIRCLE (Gordon Plough '72) AM '75; E-L 34"  Standards deep 
blackish violet; falls same w/1" round white flash below beard.

STERLING SILVER (Moldovan '63) AM '66; M-L 36"  Standards silvery 
blue-violet; falls silvery red-violet.

WHITE TOKEN, YUBBLE GUM, SUN BLOSSOM, SPRING FLING, PRECIOUS MOMENTS, 
ORANGE GAME  ???  These are all newer than 1979, I gather.

I grew up in Blue Mound, near Decatur, and my Mom bought iris from John 
Bommersbach in Decatur in the 1940s. I'm wondering whether some of his 
iris made it to the sale in Springfield this year. When I order the 1989 
Check List in September I'm going to ask Mrs. Pocklington whether she 
knows anything about him. The iris I'm particularly looking for is his 
1940 introduction, STELLA BECKER.  Anyone else know of this one?
(I lived in Peoria from 1965-1969 and worked for Public Aid there before 
my marriage 11/69. One of my aunts lived in Creve Coeur all her life.)

Cheers, Barb
Barb Johnson                  ljohnson@cland.net
Southwest Missouri Ozarks     USDA Zone 5b     AIS Region 18 (MO & KS)
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