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(TB) 'Calcutta'

1938, Kleinsorge

'Calcutta' ( Rudolph E. Kleinsorge, 1938). TB Midseason bloom. Color Class S4M. (( 'Purissima' x 'Dolly Madison') X 'Jean Cayeux').

From Cooley's Gardens catalog for 1938: "A very tall and imposing flower in delicate cocoa-brown tones, the falls overlaid blue with flecks of golden brown. Of bold growing habit, widely branched, carrying more than a dozen blooms per stalk. Height four feet. This is one of a series of blends shown in Dr. Kleinsorge's garden last season and its introduction was strongly urged by all who saw it."

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-- MikeUnser - 2009-11-15
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calcutta01.JPGJPG calcutta01.JPG manage 664 K 02 May 2018 - 21:50 Main.TLaurin Photo by Nancy McDonald-The Pickle Barrel Collection.
calcutta02.JPGJPG calcutta02.JPG manage 673 K 02 May 2018 - 21:51 Main.TLaurin Photo by Nancy McDonald-The Pickle Barrel Collection.
calcutta03.JPGJPG calcutta03.JPG manage 685 K 03 May 2018 - 02:03 Main.TLaurin Photo by Nancy McDonald-The Pickle Barrel Collection.
calcutta04.JPGJPG calcutta04.JPG manage 634 K 03 May 2018 - 02:06 Main.TLaurin Photo by Nancy McDonald-The Pickle Barrel Collection.
calcutta1-08.jpgjpg calcutta1-08.jpg manage 48 K 15 Nov 2009 - 16:55 Main.mikeu Calutta by Mike Unser
calcutta4-10.jpgjpg calcutta4-10.jpg manage 39 K 18 Sep 2011 - 13:32 UnknownUser Photo by Mike Unser
calcutta5.jpgjpg calcutta5.jpg manage 117 K 04 May 2018 - 02:28 Main.TLaurin Photo by Judy Schneider-The Shady Spot
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