Re: HYB: MED: The Grapes Sisters of Nebraska

Interesting,

I lived 8 miles from Big Springs as a kid, and never knew there had been 
an Iris grower there.  Sounds like she was introducing plants about 10 
years before I would have noticed, but might have still been living and 
growing Iris there when I was there?  Lots of nice Iris to be found on old 
abandoned farmsteads around there (or there used to be in the 60's & 
70's).  Interestingly they were all TB's, a few old diploids and 
IB's/germanicas, or Spurias.  Never saw a dwarf bearded Iris in a garden 
anywhere around there, and the few I tried didn't do so well for me back 
then.  Went to school in Julesburg, Colorado, lived just across the line 
in Nebraska.  One of these days I'd like to go visit the old stomping 
grounds again; last time I went through there was in 1987, and it was just 
a quick zip by.  I don't remember ever meeting anyone by the name of 
Grapes.

Dave







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In a message dated 9/9/05 6:21:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
Autmirislvr@aol.com writes:

> I searched on  Vivien 
> Grapes the first time.  This time just went with the last  name. 

All of the MDBs in Betty's list are listed in the Dwarf Iris Society 1992 
Checklist as being introduced by Franklin Gardens, Big Springs, NE.  The 
garden 
was given as no longer in business.  Vivian Grapes was listed as deceased 
and 
Hazel Grapes was listed as living in Big Springs, NE. The intro years are 
as 
follows:

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