■(AB) 'Gene's Little Secret'

1981, Hunt

'Gene's Little Secret' ( Eugene Hunt by Herb McKusick, R. 1981) Seedling ORB-74-1. AB (OB), 15" (38 cm). Midseason bloom. Standards yellow gold (RHS 11A); Falls greyed yellow (161 A), edged Standards color; yellow gold beard. Unknown parentage but probably: 'Lilli-Bright' X I. susiana . Aril Society 1981. Honorable Mention 1983.

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NOTE: Originally registered as parentage unknown, pedigree later found in seedling records – S.!McAllister. Howard Shockey’s 40 chromosome count indicates this cultivar has no aril content. It has been Disallowed as an arilbred by the Aril Society International.

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