Re: TB, HYB, HIST mystery of my grandfather

I will in spring. I will post them both then. There are two in fact. The
darker being a result a a self pollination of the lighter.

> From: "Colleen Modra" <colleen@impressiveirises.com.au>
> Reply-To: iris@hort.net
> Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 14:13:53 +0930
> To: <iris@hort.net>
> Subject: Re: [iris] TB,  HYB, HIST mystery of my grandfather
> 
> Kendal
> 
> Do you have a photo of this orange iris to share
> 
> Colleen Modra
> Adelaide Hills AUST
> zone 8/9
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kendal Liddle" <kliddle@richter7.com>
> To: <iris@hort.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 9:24 AM
> Subject: [iris] TB, HYB, HIST mystery of my grandfather
> 
> 
>> There is a story that has been passed down in the family regarding my
>> grandfather. I am hoping to somehow verify whether or not any of this
> story
>> is or could be true. Unfortunately both grandparents are now deceased
>> leaving just my father to tell the story. My fathers version of the story
> is
>> in question for reasons of the passing of time (he would have been very
>> young) and the fact that he has no interest now, nor never had had any
>> interest in anything green. I was too young when he died to have
> understood
>> the significance of his explanations of how he made the crosses in his
>> garden, though I do have memories of him telling me their names and which
>> plants parented which offspring.
>> 
>> The story goes that my grandfather was a hybridizer of TB, gladiolas, and
> a
>> few other flowers. He never officially named or introduced any TB to my
>> knowledge, just did it for himself and the local flower shows where he
>> regularly won recognition and top honors. The part in question is that he
>> developed a dark orange before others. News of this particular iris made
> it
>> to Burpee who offered him a nice sum of money for for the plant. He
> refused.
>> A few years later Burpee offered a similar plant from another source. He
>> never let this particular iris go except to the family. When my
> grandparents
>> died we removed all the "family orange" iris before selling the house.
>> 
>> This would have been back in the 1950's. The part I am looking to verify
> is
>> the existence of or how common or rare orange tb were back then. I would
> not
>> know where to start. I am wondering if there are any experts out there on
>> the history of TB hybrids who could offer any information about the
>> plausibility of this story. There is no doubt that Grandpa's orange iris
> is
>> very beautiful, my question is just how unique was it, or is my Dad full
> of
>> 100% organic bovine produced compost. It is a standard TB self about the
>> color of canned peaches with a beard of the same color.
>> 
>> If orange was a common color back then it won't change how I feel about
> this
>> iris. I will just have to adjust the story when I pass the flower on to my
>> son to be that Burpee wanted it just because they thought it was uniquely
>> beautiful not uniquely colored.
>> 
>> Word to the wise to all this hobby hybridizers Keep a garden journal and
>> give it to your grandchildren. From what I dad tells me, the green thumb
>> skips a generation.
>> 
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