Re: Wal-Mart Woes
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- Subject: Re: Wal-Mart Woes
- From: "* A* M* <w*@Ra.MsState.Edu>
- Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 09:29:22 -0600 (MDT)
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> > On Wed, 7 May 1997, Walter A. Moores wrote:
> >
> > > I bought 'Orange Parade' and added it to the historical bed. When
> > > the buds tipped color and showed hints of ruffling and lace, I knew it was
> > > mislabeled. What I got is a breath-taking apricot with a white fall spot.
> > > It opened three at a time with ruffles and lace and could have won queen
> > > of the show if it had been entered. It looks somewhat like Schreiner's
> > > APHRODESIAC, but the picture in the catalog appears pinker and the white
> > > patch to be larger. Does anybody have any ideas?
> >
> > This sounds similar to 'Belle of Amherst'.
> >
> >
> > Kathy Shinners
> > Honeysuckle Rose Flower Farm
> > Tewksbury, Massachusetts
> > zone 5
> >
BELLE OF AMHERST seems to be a banded or haloed iris from the
description in the R & I. The apricot I have unidentified is not
banded but has a spot of while like the size of a dime on the falls.
Walter
