Re: Cult: What's in a name? Red
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- Subject: Re: Cult: What's in a name? Red
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- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 14:52:11 -0700
From: "R. S. Lockman" <thelockmans@tntie.com>
Where might I see Quapaw? sounds neat.
Donna Lockman
thelockmans@tntie.com
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> From: Walter A. Moores <wam2@Ra.MsState.Edu>
> To: iris-talk@onelist.com
> Subject: [iris-talk] Re: Cult: What's in a name? Red
> Date: Wednesday, July 29, 1998 7:53 AM
>
> From: "Walter A. Moores" <wam2@Ra.MsState.Edu>
>
>
>
> On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, R. S. Lockman wrote:
>
> > I keep looking for a red but to
> > my knowledge there is not a red iris only reddish browns. Some of those
are
> > lovely.Spartan is a handsome iris.
>
>
> True red in an iris has not been achieved yet, but there are some
> glorious reddish browns and wine reds out there. Perhaps, one of the
> greatest and most overlooked brownish reds is QUAPAW (named for an Indian
> tribe in Arkansas) by Richard Butler of Little Rock. It was introduced
in
> 1976, but I first saw it at the Roanoke Convention in 1974. I remember I
> was awed by this beautiful iris and even more awed by getting to meet the
> hybridizer, a situation like Rusty getting to meet Tom Burseen and being
> presented in person with huge rhizomes of something like AIR UP THERE or
> COWABUNGA. Mr. Butler said he would send me some rhizomes of QUAPAW
after
> the convention. A lot of people say "Oh, I'll send you something," but
> rarely get around to doing it. Imagine my surprise when a Special
Delivery
> Mail truck arrived at my door one day in July of 1974 with a box from Mr.
> Butler. Inside were three or four rhizomes of QUAPAW, two years before it
> was introduced. What a coup! The rhizomes were still cool and damp,
> having left Little Rock the day before. I'll always remember this, and I
> will always grow QUAPAW. I hope to see Mr. Butler next week at the
Region
> 22 Meeting in Little Rock.
>
> QUAPAW has the form of LADY FRIEND, blooms later, and is still a
> contender. You'll love it!
>
> Walter Moores
> Enid Lake, MS 7/8 (cooling showers nearby)
>
>
>
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