Re: Iris Mysteries - Solved!

From: "Jeff and Carolyn Walters" <cwalters@digitalpla.net>

Kathy Poore writes:

> I'm finally getting the last of the "sale" irises cleaned up & potted and
am
> getting down to the bottom of the bags...  As per usual, as I'm SURE many
of
> you all have experienced,  ones are surfacing with strange names that
neither
> you, your friends, or the R&I's have ever even heard of.  
> 
> I think the first mystery iris HIGH ABOVE may be correctly named...  It's
just
> old, like maybe from 1960.  But one named VALLEVUE ??? has got me
stumped.
> The writing appeared very legible on the rhizome so I am not sure what to
> think of it. 

Kathy,

You are just about right on concerning the first one:

HIGH ABOVE (Fred DeForest, Registered '60; Introduced '61) TB  38"
Midseason
Sky blue self. Rehobeth X ((Snow Flurry x Silver Susie) x Chivalry). HM
('62), AM ('64).

This must have been one of Fred's last ones, as he died right after the AIS
Convention in Portland in 1960.


This is probably the second one you are looking for:

VALLEEVUE (Frances Brown, R&I '73)  TB  35" Midseason-Late
Satin white, reflecting pink blush on styles, light green infusion in
throat; pink beard. From 15 years of breeding tangerine-bearded whites and
Hall's pinks plus Court Ballet.


Thanks for your suggestions about what I might do to help my "sickly Sibe
seedlings" and for your update of the doings - iris and otherwise - in
Oklahoma!

Jeff Walters in northern Utah  (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
cwalters@digitalpla.net
  


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