Re: Re: HIST: old gold

Charles,

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

I'm located between Abilene and Fort Worth - about 50 miles east of Abilene,
100 west of Ft Worth.  That's a long way from El Paso, but you can never
tell how far an iris might travel either.  I didn't make the trade either.
The grasshoppers were so bad I was afraid I'd have very little to trade.  In
addition, the lady's husband has terminal cancer and there are a lot of bad
days at her house.  At times it seems the Hospice folks have moved in with
them.  That's good as far it goes.  I still plan to do it next year.

That's an extraordinary move from Merrick, NY to El Paso, TX.  I wonder how
the irises withstood the climate change.  El Paso is nearly desert
conditions.  The climate is harsh much of the year.  Did Gltuzbeck hybridize
in NY?  If I make the trade, I'll see if there's a chance of identifying it.
I'm not too hopeful.  It's awfully hard to I.D. one and be certain.

Donald Eaves

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>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.
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>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.
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>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)
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>Charlie Lincoln
>clincoln@spiritone.com
>Portland, Oregon USA
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>> iris-talk@yahoogroups.com <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com> (04/17/2002 5:12
PM):
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>>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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