Re: TB: BLACK FALLS
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- Subject: Re: TB: BLACK FALLS
- From: M* T* <t*@flash.net>
- Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 21:58:44 -0600 (MDT)
Jeff and Carolyn Walters wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone!
>
> Brad Kasperek had this to say about BLACK FALLS in his 1996 Zebra Gardens
> catalog when he introduced it for Don Nebeker last year:
> "The black on BLACK FALLS is the truest black I have ever seen in an iris.
> Last spring I compared its flower to BEFORE THE STORM and was startled to
> find that BTS appeared "red" next to it.
>
> I did not have a flower of BTS available to repeat this comparison, but I
> did compare the appearance of the falls of BLACK FALLS with those of all
> the other darkest iris in bloom in my garden as they were back lighted by
> the slanting rays of the sun in a clear sky at 7:30 this evening. Under
> these conditions SUPERSTITION and BACK IN BLACK appeared dark red-violet;
> MIDNIGHT EXPRESS was dark blue-violet; even BLACKOUT (the pod parent of BF)
> appeared very dark blue-violet, but BLACK FALLS still showed up as intense
> true black. (The standards of BF are a deep shade of blue violet, quite
> similar to DUSKY CHALLENGER, which happened to be blooming close by for
> easy comparison).
>
> Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
> cwalters@cache.net
Cool.
Where can I get one?
Rusty
