Re: HIST:TB: Query: Peppermint striped TB?
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- Subject: Re: HIST:TB: Query: Peppermint striped TB?
- From: z*@mindspring.com (L.Zurbrigg)
- Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 18:34:24 -0500
From: z88keys@mindspring.com (L.Zurbrigg)
>From: <HIPSource@aol.com>
>
>Greetings,
>
>This office has received an in inquiry about a tall bearded iris which was
>grown in Texas in the late 'sixties or early 'seventies. It was white with red
>striped markings like a peppermint candy. And it was rather tall, perhaps 36,"
>and the color patterning resembled a red and white striped carnation.
>
>If anyone has any intuitions about what iris this might be, please communicate
>with this office. It has been called unique and a "rare beauty".
>
>We thank you.
>
>Anner Whitehead
>Commercial Source Chairman
>Historic Iris Preservation Society
>HIPSource@aol.com
>
>
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Dear Anner: I recall an iris that was rather popular about l960 that fits
the description. The standards were described as "silken, hushed and
chaste". The falls did have the stripes quite prominently. Alas, the name
will not come to me at this moment. Lloyd Zurbrigg, Durham NC
Z88KEYS@mindspring.com
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