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J. Sass, 1935
Iris Class:
Bearded
Bearded Class:
Tall Bearded
Age:
1930-1939
Fall Color:
Cream/Buff
Standard Color:
Yellow
Pattern:
Bitone
Beard Color:
Orange/Deep Yellow
Hybridizer:
Sass J
Rarity:
GG eligible - protected

Full Description

TB 40″ MLa Y4L

From Cooley’s Gardens catalog for 1940: “A yellow and cream bicolor, the standards of light yellow and the falls of creamy white. It is the only color combination of its kind on our list.”

From Robert Wayman’s catalog for 1940: “Huge flowers of fine form, with lemon-yellow standards and ivory falls, the falls having gold veining at the throat and orange beards. Very scarce.”

(Wambliska X Rameses).

 

Provenance: Image 1: By John Rosini in Virginia, from the collection of Cameron Hall, circa 2005.