Looking for Melvina Suiter iris
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  • Subject: Looking for Melvina Suiter iris
  • From: G* L* <g*@gmail.com>
  • Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 16:59:35 -0700
Hi all,

I think Riverview Iris is no longer extant?

See Carlos Ayento's excellent list of historic iris in commerce,

MASTER HISTORIC IRIS LIST 2010 (Excel Database Sheet)
http://www.brightonparkiris.com/masterhistoriclist.xls

Mike Unser, HIPS' webperson, has put a query re Suiter iris up in the comm
forum section
www.hips-roots.com

Gesine


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> From: Linda Hylton <elh3946@gmail.com>
> To: iris@hort.net
> Sent: Thu, June 10, 2010 5:55:17 PM
> Subject: [iris] OT-BIO: Linda Hylton
>
> My husband and I have been fulltime RVers since 1998, but we recently
> bought a
> home and I am in the process of doing research on my grandmother's irises
> so
> that I can, hopefully, add many of them to our garden.  I came across this
> group as a result of that research.
>
> My grandmother was Melvina Suiter who was an iris hybridizer from the
> 1950's
> through the late 1980's.  Some of her irises are "Tomeco," "Orange Crush,"
> "Orange Frills," and many others.  Here's a website I came across that
> lists
> the iris she registered:
> http://iris.onrussell.com/registrydetailh.asp?name=Suiter&B1=Submit
>
> During the late 1970's and early to mid 1980's, we owned a home where we
> had
> planted many of my grandmother's iris; however, we had to leave them behind
> when my husband was transferred to another state.  We retired in the
> mid-1990's and shortly thereafter started fulltiming, so I've never been in
> a
> position to have any more of my grandmother's iris until now.
>
> An aunt has some of my grandmother's irises and will be dividing them later
> this summer.  I've asked that she let me know when she's doing this so that
> we
> can bring back iris to our place.  I'm not sure yet just which ones she
> has.
>
> If anyone on this list has any information on any Suiter iris, or happens
> to
> have one in their garden, I'd be interested in hearing about it.
>
> Linda Hylton
> http://earl-linda.blogspot.com/
>
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