Re: HIST: iris adventures


From: Linda Mann <lmann@icx.net>

> << a raspberry violet bitone, slightly more modern in form than the
> yellow,
>  but still small and pretty old looking.  Very rich color, but not dark. 
>  I'd guess this one is probably from the turn of the century also. >>
> 
> Spose it might be CAPRICE. Is it short? Did you smell it? 

It is tall, about the same height as WABASH and the yellow one (about
the height of our variant of pallida).  I remember sticking my nose in
the bloom and I think it was grapey/germanica-ish fragrant, but the
start I took doesn't have a bloom on it, so I'm doing this one from
memory.

> << a rosy tan/rich brown bicolor.  Very pretty, shorter, much more modern
>  than the other two.  I'd guess this one is from the 30s? or maybe even
>  the 40s.>>
> 
> Well, that is too late for GLOWING EMBERS, which came to mind....but you 
> could check the page

The photo of GLOWING EMBERS is in the right color class & looks about
the same (shows how bad I am at guessing dates for these things).  No
flower on the chunk I dug for comparison.  Thanks Anner - that'll hold
me till I get a photo of my own.

Linda Mann east Tennessee USA



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