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ATROUS—(Gage, 1943). Perhaps the darkest of all red-purples. Standards are blackish red-purple. The falls are a deeper red-purple than anything shown in the Ridgway Color Standards. It is almost a self and at a short distance appears to be a black Iris. Good size flowers, heavy substance and velvety texture. Midseason; 34-inch. NET. $15.00. ORIGINAL CATALOG DESCRIPTION. |
ATROUS (N. Gage, 1940) - Darkest red of all; standards tightly domed, falls in gentle curve downward, beard prominent, flowers medium size, somewhat bunched; lacks desirable height. [Elis Nelson, "Varietal Notes on Red Irises," The Bulletin of the American Iris Society_, No. 110 (July 1948): 92. |
Sold from the following catalogs: Tell 1947. |
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JPG | atrous01.JPG | manage | 372 K | 30 Apr 2016 - 13:19 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by HIPS Archives |