(AB) 'Young April'

1939, White

'Young April' OB ( Clarence G. White, R. 1939). AB, IMB, medium height. Early bloom. Color Class-R9D. Dark red bitone. Onco X bearded. C. G. White 1940.

Also listed in IB web: 'Young April'.

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From Milliken Gardens catalog, 1940: Here is another of Mr. C. G . White's wide crosses and a distinct addition to the group introduced two years ago. Young April should be classed as a table iris, for its dainty charm must be observed at close range and is apt to be overlooked in a garden dominated by larger and bolder irises. As a cut flower, it is indeed a gem. The standards are a bright violet rather distinctly veined and the falls are a deeper violet, veined with blackish purple and flushed with brown. The center of the Flower reveals a golden brown beard and styles of rich copper bronze lightly flushed with violet. The slender 12-inch stems are well-branched for this type of iris and the foliage is more slender and grasslike than the regular bearded irises. An early bloomer. $2.50.
From The Court Of Iris catalog, 1955: YOUNG APRIL (While '40) E 12" (Unknown). Of a bright violet the standards have tiny flecks of gold. The falls are of golden-tan which show as a narrow border -so heavily is it veined and dotted in egg-plant brown. The small signal is intense black. Cuts well. $.75
From Supplement To The Comprehensive Checklist of Aril and Arilbred Iris by Sharon McAllister, April 2000: YOUNG APRIL AB (Clarence G. White, R. 1939). Seedling # NIA. IMB, medium height, E. Onco X bearded. AIS Color Class: R9D (red bitone). '76 CL: Dark red bitone. Court of Iris: "Of a bright violet, the standards have tiny flecks of gold. The falls are of golden-tan which showsas a narrow border, so heavily is it veined and dotted in eggplant-brown. The small signal is black". Vallette: "bright violet, darker F. flushed brown, blackish veining." C.G. White, 1940. Notes: Counted as a 22-chromosome diploid, an OB in both systems. Ref: AIS '39, p. 576; AIS '49, p. 261; ASI '76, p. 91; Vallette, p. 180.

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