Difference: TbCalcutta (r10 vs. r9)

(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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