Re: HIST: old gold

Donald - 

It's been a while since you posted this, and I did not notice a reply.  I 
wonder where in Texas you are.  

If El Paso (actually many other areas of TX too since my parents were 
generous in sharing increases with those interested - Brownsville, Tyler 
and Houston particularly come to mind) there might be a slim possibility 
that it is a Howard Glutzbeck iris.  He did a lot of yellow and gold 
hybridizing, but there were a lot of whites in the beds too.  The few 
registered irises were Spun Gold, Ming Yellow, Golden Glow.  

Much of my grandmother's Merrick, NY bed, (all Howard Glutzbeck irises 
and their registered ancestors), was moved to El Paso in the late 1960s 
when my grandmother became to old to live on her own.  

I've have never seen any of these iris blooming myself - only photos; 
I've never been in El Paso, nor Long Island, during bloom season.  
(Another relocation is in process; perhaps in 2003 I'll see for myself)

Charlie Lincoln
clincoln@spiritone.com
Portland, Oregon USA



> iris-talk@yahoogroups.com <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com> (04/17/2002 5:12 PM):

>Since I've moved back home more than 20 years ago, I've been observing a
>yard in town that was planted on its periphery by a number of bearded iris
>varieties.  Over the years, a white variety has gradually encroached and
>seemingly overwhelmed many of its neighbors.  Last year, out of all the iris
>fans that bloomed, only a couple were not white.  The planting is not
>entirely neglected, but in the time I've been observing it nothing new
>seemed to have been added, nor has there been any obvious overhauls of the
>planting beds.  So, while it occasionally is cleaned of collected debris,
>basically the iris have been left to do their own bit without conditions
>being altered.  7-10 years ago there was a clump that bloomed in startling
>contrast to the others.  At the time I thought it the closest iris bloom
>color-match to sandwich mustard I'd ever seen.  I've watched in the years
>since and never saw it again.  Until this year.  It's not really mustard,
>though close.  The old thing - and it is older, maybe very early 50s but
>probably even older - sure has character.  It stands out a block away.  But
>I've been having trouble quite identifying that shade, so have driven by,
>and walked by and finally just walked up the walk for a close up view.  Then
>driving on the main street, I hit the caution light.  There was the color.
>The electric light amber-gold of a caution light.  Well, after living here
>in the area a while, I now know a friend who is a friend of the grower.  I'm
>going to work a trade!  My friend even told me there's a good chance the
>grower may even know the name!  That would be a stroke of luck.  I think
>I'll suggest STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN.  Give something newer to add to what is an
>interesting collection of older ones.  In an odd year for blooms here, the
>white ones aren't quite as dominating as they've been the last several
>years.  I do like an iris that refuses to be overlooked!
>
>Donald Eaves
>donald@eastland.net
>Texas Zone 7b, USA





 

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