Re: OT-BIO: Ruth Vreeland

Hi!  Yes, Angie Quadros was one of Carl's (my step-grandfather), and I have
a whole bunch of it.  I really do like that one.  He also hybridized the
famous VERY lacy "Laced Cotton" and then sold the patent-rights to
Schreiner's.  It's one of the most beautiful iris I have in my yard.

Specifically, the Quadros hybrids I'm looking for are:  "Carl A. Quadros",
"Rachael Mae", and possibly "Margaret Elizabeth" - my grandma's name, but we
were never quite sure that he had time to register that one before he died.
If you know of any of those I would dearly LOVE to have them, and could
trade other iris or spend good money.

Thanks so much for writing, and have a wonderful day! - Ruth Vreeland

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>From: "Iris Test Garden" <iristg@stjohntelco.com>
>To: <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: Re: [iris-talk] OT-BIO: Ruth Vreeland
>Date: Mon, May 14, 2001, 5:42 PM
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> We have a variety called Angie Quadros in our garden.  Could this be one of
> Carl Quadors's varieties.  If you are missing some of his varieties and
> would like to see if any of us have some of these varieties, please e-mail
> us and I will check our list.  We have about 2600 varieties in our garden
> and some of them are quite old.
>
> Good luck on your search.
>
> Jim Leifer
> IRIS TEST GARDEN
> Jim & Janet Leifer Family
> 1102  Endicott - St. John Rd.
> St. John, WA  99171
> iristg.com
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> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 4:30 PM
> Subject: [iris-talk] OT-BIO: Ruth Vreeland
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>> Hi everyone!  I am a 41-yr. old mother of three, living in Albuquerque,
>> New Mexico, and I have been growing iris, and collecting more
>> (annually) since 1989 when my Grandmother died and left all of her
>> beautiful hybrids to her children and grandchildren.  I've even begun
>> to try my hand at a little hybridizing myself.
>>
>> My Grandmother, Margaret was married to Carl Quadros (a pretty renowned
>> hybridizer in California) in the mid-eighties before he died, so most
>> of what we as a family inherited were his hybrids, as well as others he
>> collected.  I will be posting another message very soon regarding some
>> of the hybrids that we know to be in existence, but which we can't
>> locate.  If you can help us out with this, we'd appreciate it more than
>> words can say, as these are our family heirloom, so to speak.
>>
>> I love these iris as if they were my babies (and even my husband and
>> kids know that sometimes the iris come first!)  I photograph them
>> constantly and have a collection now of very clear close-ups of the
>> nearly 200 varieties that I have planted in my yard.  I have also
>> painted some of them, as I'm a fine-artist. . . awaiting the day when I
>> can retire from my job and just paint iris all day. . . every day.
>>
>> It's nice to be involved in an-e-group like this!  I already feel at
>> home just knowing you're all as crazy about these beautiful things as I
>> am!
>>
>> - Ruth Vreeland
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