Re: TB:Sonata in Blue
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: TB:Sonata in Blue
- From: "* A* M* <w*@Ra.MsState.Edu>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 18:18:22 -0600 (MDT)
>
> Walter,
>
> You made me scurry out to the iris field to look at our SONATA IN BLUE.
> It does have what I'd call just average purple based foliage, but not
> excessive. Of course, on a rhizome trimmed down for shipping, it could
> appear to be almost all purple, and some growers do trim their leaves
> very short for shipping. But we don't want anyone to get the false
> impression that the entire leaf is purple.
>
> PS--thanks for the comments on our plants. ;-)
>
> Rick Tasco
> Superstition Iris Gardens
> Central California Sierra Nevada foothills--Zone 8--some monsoonal
> moisture-type clouds drifting up from Arizona today; doubt it'll rain,
> that is quite uncommon here this time of year, but it looks nice to see
> the clouds.
>
This was not trimmed too severely and it is all purple..guess
growing conditions vary. Last year Stockton listed something that they
said really had PBF extending up high, but it is not listed this year and
I cannot find last year's catalog.
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS 7/8
