1933, Cayeux
'Alice Harding' (Ferdinand Cayeux, R. 1933). TB. Midseason bloom. Color Class-Y4L, 'Iceberg' X 'Évolution'. Cayeux 1933. Award of Merit AIS 1927; French Dykes Memorial Medal 1933; Harding Prize 1933.
See below:
Bulletin de la Société Nationale d'Horticulture de France, 1933, 5e série, Tome IV, p. 269. |
From National Iris Gardens catalog for 1942: "Medium yellow. Closed standards and semi-flaring falls of medium yellow; bright orange beard. Strongly fragrant, large flowers on extra-good stalks. We have sold more of this variety than any other yellow." |
See also 'Alice Harding' on the HIPS Website |
Miliken 1940 catalog gives, "ALICE HARDING (Cayeux) This is a large yellow of beautiful form . It is one of the soft yellows which are so helpful in harmonizing the colors in our gardens. A French introduction and new in this country, Alice Harding is outstanding . 3 ft. 50c; 3 for $1 .00" |
'Alice Harding' A clear soft primrose, smooth and satiny, very round, well branched and vigorous, with quantities of flowers. [Mrs. Herman E. Lewis, Varietal Notes 1938, Bulletin of the American Iris Society 72 (January 1939): 9.] |
Alice Harding: (Cayeux). Just another Phebus a bit larger. [Belsley, Ray J., Varietal Comments. Bulletin of the American Iris Society 74 (July 1939): 16.] |
'Le Roi Soleil'; 'Roi Soleil'.
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I | Attachment | Action | Size | Date | Who | Comment |
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jpg | AliceHarding02.jpg | manage | 77 K | 30 May 2014 - 21:41 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Rosalie Figge |
jpg | AliceHarding03.jpg | manage | 36 K | 19 Dec 2015 - 13:11 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Argyle Acres Iris Gardens |
JPG | Alice_Harding.JPG | manage | 63 K | 30 Jan 2011 - 18:39 | IrisP | Photo By Fritz Lehmann at Merian Park, Switzerland |
jpg | Alice_Harding.jpg | manage | 61 K | 28 May 2013 - 01:03 | Main.vitreous | As grown in Holladay, UT by John P. Zastowney |
jpg | alice-harding1-16.jpg | manage | 118 K | 11 Jun 2016 - 21:36 | Main.mikeu | Photo taken at Presby Memorial Iris Gardens by Mike Unser |
jpg | alice01.jpg | manage | 42 K | 03 May 2015 - 14:11 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Ozark Iris Gardens |
jpg | alicehardingIC.jpg | manage | 16 K | 12 Dec 2011 - 21:40 | Main.Betsy881 | Photo by Iris City Gardens |
jpg | alicehardingSG.jpg | manage | 17 K | 01 Jul 2012 - 18:26 | Main.Betsy881 | Photo by Seagate Iris UK |