Re: TB: BLACK FALLS
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- Subject: Re: TB: BLACK FALLS
- From: j*@totacc.com (June Ellan Mazzolini)
- Date: Thu, 5 Jun 1997 16:23:01 -0600 (MDT)
Mark Thornsburg wrote:
>
> 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
Ditto!!
June Ellan
