Hybridizer Franklin Carr (1919-1993)

Bordentown, New Jersey, USA

Registrations/Introductions:

Tall Bearded: 'After Candle', 'Angel's Message', 'Arrowbrook', 'Asteroid', 'Autumn Pageant', 'Blue Splendor', 'Brielle', 'Cannatella', 'Cheerful Greeting', 'Cheerful Times', 'Chenie', 'Christine Brett', 'Chun Fan', 'Clear Vision', 'Commander In Chief', 'Dawn's Edge', Daylight Splendor', 'Dolciana', 'Earthly Prize', 'Eternal Morn', 'Evening Canticle', 'Exaltation', 'Flaming Sun', 'Glowing Gem', 'Gold Apparel', 'Golden Icon', 'Golden Summit', 'Good Intent', 'Heavenly Cloud', 'Heavenly Dove', 'Heavenly Therese', 'Heaven's Herald', 'Indian Myth', 'Introit', 'Jersey Maid', 'Joyful News', 'Joyful Sound', 'Lahaska', 'Lasting Peace', 'Love Motif', 'Lover's Dream', 'Loving Thoughts', 'Majestic Pride', 'Mary Paschal', 'Night Dragon', 'Noble Fancy', 'Oriental Pongee', 'Pilgrim's Quest', 'Point Breeze', 'Pontiff', 'Prized Possession', 'Queen's Jubilee', 'Quiet Intentions', 'Raven Hill', 'Raven Rock', 'Royal Ballerina', 'Royal Blessing', 'Royal Wedding', 'Sea Skipper', 'Serene Highness', 'Sheer Magic', 'Show Circuit', 'Snow Swan', 'Solar Artwork', 'Splendora', 'Spring Sonata', 'Spring Sunsation', 'Steadfast Love', 'Storm Waves', 'Street Fair', 'Sweet Favorite', 'Town Topic', 'Tranquil Night', 'Tribune', 'Turandot', 'Wicklow', 'Wood Sprite', 'Worthy Deed'.

The TAP into Bordentown publication has an article accessed 7/16/2025 "Volunteers Sought to Maintain Franklin Carr Iris Garden in Bordentown City's Hilltop Park " with the following:

By Kristin Antonello

Published July 15, 2025 at 7:00 AM

The Bordentown City Green Team is seeking volunteers to help maintain the Franklin Carr Iris Garden, located at Hilltop Park in Bordentown City.

Franklin Carr graduated from William MacFarland High School in 1936 and studied horticulture at Penn State and Rutgers before becoming a world-famous Iris hybridizer who won 12 international awards in Europe for his blooms. While Carr developed many Iris hybrids, according to the American Iris Society, he was best known for his white Pontiff Iris, which was memorialized as a porcelain sculpture by the Boehm Porcelain Company of Trenton and was even presented to Pope John Paul II. He also had work commissioned for Buckingham Palace. Gardens in New Zealand, Newfoundland and Scotland feature Carr's irises.

https://www.tapinto.net/towns/bordentown/articles/volunteers-sought-to-maintain-franklin-carr-iris-garden-in-bordentown-city-s-hilltop-park

-- BobPries - 2012-05-18