Re: TB: Dubious names: GOLDMANIA
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- Subject: Re: TB: Dubious names: GOLDMANIA
- From: m*@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 16:04:49 -0600 (MDT)
Barb Johnson wrote:
>
> 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
>
> Goldmania is a Barry Blyth spuria, from Australia, 1989. A "very bright,
> pure rich gold self."
>
> It is one word, Goldmania, not two. The reason I know is that Dave
> Niswonger used it in a cross, and I am waiting for the seeds to sprout!
>
> Cheers, Barb J.
> Barb Johnson ljohnson@cland.net
> Southwest Missouri Ozarks USDA Zone 5b AIS Region 18 (MO & KS)
Island Sunset is Shreiners 1992 Apricot standards; yellow-apricot
falls, with a white blaze.
