■(TB) 'Chinook Pass'

1949, Norton

'Chinook Pass' (Luke Norton, R. 1949) TB. Midseason bloom. Color Class-B3L. 'Sylvia Murray' 'Gloriole'. Honorable Mention 1951.

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From Iris Test Garden Catalog, 1955: CHINOOK PASS. (Norton 1950). A cross between Sylvia Murray and Gloriole. Standards same beautiful color of Sylvia Murray; falls light lavender blue on sides and much lighter in the center. Clear haft, beard white at tips and light yellow at base; large, heavy, massive flower well spaced with heavy strong stalks. As fine as the Sylvia Murray though entirely different. Thirty-eight inches tall. Candelabra branching. H. M. 1951. $2.2S.
From Easy Breeze Gardens catalog, 1953: CHINOOK PASS (Norton '50) 38". HM '51. A large flaring and ruffled lavender blue with lighter area in the center of the falls. Claimed by many a better Helen McGregor. $4.00.

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