Re: TB: Descriptions.... was Various
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- Subject: Re: TB: Descriptions.... was Various
- From: R* T* D* <r*@sierratel.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 12:59:14 -0700 (MST)
stribley wrote:
>
> Of some of my newly obtained varieties I don't have any idea of what =
> colour etc are CENTRE STAGE, CHECKERBOARD, ELLEN WARE, MOUNTAIN MELODY, =
> ORANGE CELEBRON and SUGAR DADDY. If someone could provide this =
> information it would be greatly appreciated.
>
CENTER STAGE (You all down there always misspell center. :-) - (Ghio
'70) Lilac-lavender self with gold shoulders; yellow beard. Claudia Rene
X Moon River.
MOUNTAIN MELODY (J. Gibson '84) - S. smokey mulberry and yellow orange
blend; falls white, widely banded rich yellow orange, speckled smokey
mulberry; orange red beard; ruffled. Involved parentage with a lot of
"Plum Gleam".
ORANGE (CELEBRON?) CELEBRITY (Niswonger '84) - Orange with a red beard.
SUGAR DADDY (Maryott '85) - Ruffled caramel, small violet flash on
falls; carmel beard. Chamber Music X San Jose.
ELLEN WARE (K. Nilsen '91) - Standards melon apricot flushed pink; falls
melon apricot, pink white zone under deep orange beard; ruffled and
laced. Loudoun Charmer X Mandolin.
CHECKERBOARD (K. Nilsen '92) - Standards white ground with deep purple
plicata markings on edge; Falls white ground with slightly paler deep
purple edge, stitching and spotting; deep blue beards. Going My Way X
Burgundy Brown.
Rick Tasco
Superstition Iris Gardens
Central California
Zone 8
