Re: TB: older cultivar query
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] TB: older cultivar query
- From: J* a* C* W*
- Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1999 22:11:50 -0700
From: "Jeff and Carolyn Walters" <jcwalters@bridgernet.com>
> From: "Donald Eaves" <donald@eastland.net>
>
> Another older one that has piqued my curiosity is called
> CAIRO LYRIC (Peterson '73). Can't find much else on this
> one. I know this hybridizer worked with arils and this one
> has what I've come to think of as an arilbred sounding name.
> Does it have any aril genes? Or just purely a TB? Does
> anyone grow it?
Donald,
Your reasons for suspecting that CAIRO LYRIC might be an AB are entirely
plausible, but as a matter of fact it is a straight TB (Black Swan X Gala
Madrid). I grew it for a number of years. The flowers were a bit on the
small side, but the stalks had a very high bud count. The color pattern
somewhat resembles that of Schreiner's VIGILANTE. It was not a particularly
strong grower for me.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2)
jcwalters@bridgernet.com
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