Re: TB: Edith Wolford was Bloom Report -- bearded ir is
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- Subject: Re: TB: Edith Wolford was Bloom Report -- bearded ir is
- From: d*@cornell.edu (Dorothy A. Fingerhood)
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 08:18:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: daf10@cornell.edu (Dorothy A. Fingerhood)
Marte wrote:
>Obviously, the only sure way to compare my mystery iris with EW is to
>grow a reliably-IDed EW beside it or hand-carry a bloom to compare to a
>blooming EW elsewhere. .... In case anyone still cares at this point,
here's a list of EW
>lookalikes, as posted on Iris-talk:
>
>LULLABY OF SPRING. Next to EDITH WOLFORD it looked faded. On its own,
>it is a pleasing harmony of pastel tones. (from Maureen Mark)
>
>EARTH SONG is almost a dead ringer for Edith Wolford, its only
>distinction is that it has yellow beards. (Mike Sutton)
>
>Won't call it a dead ringer, but DISTANT CHIMES (Schriners 75) is a very
>close second for EW and it has yellow beards. (Harry Wolford)
>
>Rick Ernst's THRILLSEEKER is very close to E.W. but the standards have
>better form. E.W.s standards tend to gape and be somewhat 'un-organized'
>(Mike Lowe)
Marte, you are so right about the pitfalls of trying to ID from pictures.
And here's another Edith look-alike.
HELEN WANNER (can't remember hybridizer/year, and no checklist at hand) The
main difference I remember is that HELEN is more tailored--not as ruffly as
EDITH. HELEN also performed more reliably in my garden here in the Northeast.
Dorothy Fingerhood
daf10@cornell.edu
(Newfield, NY)
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