Re: TB: Dubious names
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- Subject: Re: TB: Dubious names
- From: "* A* M* <w*@Ra.MsState.Edu>
- Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 12:43:37 -0600 (MDT)
On Thu, 8 May 1997, J. Michael, Celia or Ben Storey wrote:
> Howdy all,
>
> I hope someone can help me figure out whether the following names are in
> fact names of registered irises or merely mis-transcriptions by a typist
> whose identity has been lost to the mists of time. I devoted most of
> Thursday to plowing through our club's R&I checklists from '39 to '95, but
> was unable to locate:
>
> PRECIOUS ...... no noun attached, just PRECIOUS
>
> FORGET FIRE ..... I suspect this one might actually be FORGE FIRE
>
> FLAMING FIRE
>
> MARY JOE
>
> MARY JOE ECHO
>
> MUSIC PARADE
>
> AMBER ART ...... I suspect AMBER ARTISAN
>
> GOLD MANIA
>
> I'LL REMEMBER .... could this be merely the typist's promise to himself?
>
> INFINITE .... apparently not INFINITE GRACE
>
> ISLAND SUNSET
>
> MARY'S BERM .... what is a Berm that a Mary would have one?
>
> SPRINGTIME .... just SPRINGTIME by itself.
>
> Thank you for the help, oh wise ones.
> celia
> storey@aristotle.net
> Little Rock
>
>
The most dubious name I ever saw concerned the winner of the best
specimen in the Fort Worth Iris Society show many years ago. The stalk
voted best was the early blooming, creamy yellow Louisiana, ILA NUNN.
But the name tag bore ISLE OF NUNS, and, it was never corrected. For
years afterward, there were orders at FW sales for ISLE OF NUNS!
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS>
