■(TB) 'Cooing Dove'

1962, Baker

'Cooing Dove' (O. T. Baker, R. 1959). Seedling# 56-49. TB, 35" (89 cm), Early to late bloom. Color Class-V1P, Standards dove gray, edged light olive; falls same, light-olive beard and infusion at haft, no veins. ('Snow Flurry' x 'Sylvia Murray') X 'Wayward Wind'. Baker's Acre 1962.

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From AIS Bulletin #174, July 1964. Introducing COOING DOVE-H.C. 1961. Pictured page 42, July 1963 BULLETIN. Outstanding, unusual dove gray color break. Standards and falls faintly edged in light olive with infusion of blue on falls. Light olive beard and hafts. No veining. Closed standards, wide-hafted flaring falls. Excelent branching. Fertile both ways. E.M.L. 35". (Snow Flurry x Sylvia Muray) X Wayward Wind. $25.00. Baker.

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