Difference: TbMarquita (r26 vs. r25)
■(TB) 'Marquita'
1931, Cayeux
'Marquita' (Ferdinand Cayeux, 1931). TB, 38", Midseason bloom, Color Class Y9L. Standards cream white deepening to light yellow at base; Falls cream white lined watermelon rose; cream beard, yellow in throat. 'Symphonie' x 'Hélios'. Award of Merit 1936.
See below:
References
| Bulletin de la Société Nationale d'Horticulture de France, 1931, 5e série, Tome IV, p. 266. |
| Marquita: (Cayeux). While the flowers are quite bunched on a tall stalk the color is so much different from others that it is quite outstanding. Standards hold together somewhat too tight. [Belsley, Ray J., Varietal Comments. Bulletin of the American Iris Society 74 (July 1939), 18.] |
| The 1939 checklist gave a color code of Y5L. The 1949 Checklist corrected to Y9L. |
| From Edenwald Gardens catalog, 1957: MARQUITA (Cayeux '31) L. 34". Thick, satiny, cream-white standards. Falls same, heavily veined watermelon-rose. $0.60 |
| Dreer's 1949 catalog notes; "Marquita. 3 ft. Luminous cream standards; melon-rose falls. 60c each; 3 for $1.50; $4.75 per doz." |
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