Re: HIST: White Knight
- To: iris-talk@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] HIST: White Knight
- From: H*@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 08:23:47 EDT
From: HIPSource@aol.com
In a message dated 5/13/99 12:22:07 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
janclarx@hotmail.com writes:
<< 20 cv's including White Knight. Perhaps, since it's rare, I should buy a
rz? He describes it only as: tall, large, pure white, slight ruffle. Can you
give me a fuller description that this? I had never heard of it before today.
>>
It's a white diploid, introduced by Saunders in 1916, so it has some age on
it and probably shows it. Basically it is a fragrant clear white self with
some inconspicous markings. By rare we mean HIPS doesn't have records of too
many people growing it. Which does not mean others are not. I know one
private individual in England that grows it, and it would not surprise me to
find it on the Continent.
My intuition is that it is probably going to be rather primitive for you, but
if not much money is involved I encourage you to get a couple and see what
you end up with. I'd also like to know what else the nurseryman is selling
this year, iris-wise, and whether he grew them himself or wholesaled them in.
And I'd like to know whether he will export to the USA. As I mentioned
earlier, I need WHITE KNIGHT for a restoration of a public garden for the
National Park Service......and I was thinking it was going to come from Lowe.
Anner Whitehead
Commercial Source Chairman
Historic Iris Preservation Society
HIPSource@aol.com
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