Difference: TbBallerine (r28 vs. r27)

■(TB) 'Ballerine'

1920, Vilmorin

'Ballerine' (Vilmorin, R. 1920). Seedling year 1909. TB, 48", Midseason bloom. Color Class B3M, Light. Standards pearl blue with violet tinge; Falls manganese violet, bronzed outer haft; white beard tipped orange.

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• References

References

Journal de la Société Nationale d'Horticulture de France, 1910, Nouvelle série, Tome X, p. 329; 1922, Tome XXIII, p. 215; note: listed as introduced in 1909.
Revue Horticole, 1922, p. 237. Large pallida with soft stems, exceeding 4' and huge light blue-violet flowers, with very round divisions, sweet scented. Semi-early.
From Indian Spring Farms catalog, 1927: BALLERINE (Vilmorin 1920) 9.4. One of the very finest lavender bicolors. S. broad and waved at the margins, of light blue-violet; F. a deeper blue. Very sweet scented flower, of large size, on stems 48 inches tall. A really grand variety. $1.00 each.
BALLERINE carries the same rating as AMBASSADEUR. It is a very large, fragrant, light violet-blue flower, growing 4 feet tall and blooms early. [Robert Wayman, "Best Twenty-five Irises", The Flower Grower Oct 1925: 404. Print.]
See John C. Wister Collection, Scott Arboretum Archives, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Vilmorin-Andrieux catalog: 1938, p. 6 semi-early. 4' high. Huge flowers (5''), very fragrant, light purple blue - Note: year is 1919.

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