Re: Search for Hillson
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- Subject: Re: Search for Hillson
- From: "* a* C* W* <c*@digitalpla.net>
- Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 08:15:25 -0700 (MST)
Judy Eckhoff writes:
> Hello everyone, I am searching for info on a hybridzer named Hillson. =
> This is also my Mom's maiden name, hence the interest in this person. So
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> far we have learned he was connected in some way with the Sass brothers =
> and another hybridzer named Whiting. Some references refer to a Hillson =
> N. & Whiting N., Hill-Horace M. and Hillson H. M. & R.C. Hill. He wrote =
> articles for the "Flower Grower" begining about 1927. He was involved =
> with Hill Iris and Peony Farm Lafontaine, KS. and Maple Valley Gardens, =
Judy,
In the early AIS Checklists the names of many of the hybridizers and
introducers were given in a coded form rather than as actual names.
"Hillson" appears to be one of these cases. The 1949 Checklist provides the
following explanation:
Hillson - H.M. & R.C. Hill, Hill Iris and Peony Farm, Lafontaine, Kansas.
(formerly Hill, H.M.)
Apparently, when R.C. Hill joined or replaced his father, H.M. Hill, in
this business he was identified by the code name "Hillson". It is clear,
however, that these people's family name was just plain "Hill".
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
cwalters@digitalpla.net
