Hybridizer Eric Nies (1884-1952)¹
Hollywood, California, USA
Eric Nies specialized in hybridizing Spuria Iris and the highest award for this class iris is named after him, the
Nies Medal
. Received the American Iris Society
Hybridizer Award
in 1951.
Registrations/Introductions:
Intermediate Bearded:
'Autumn Dawn'
.
Louisianas:
'Bayou Butterfly'
,
'Golden Fairy'
,
'J. D. Nies'
,
'Mallard Wing'
,
'Pinto'
.
'Ruby Throat'
,
'San Fernando'
.
Minature Dwarf Bearded:
'Golden Warbler'
.
Pacific Coast Native:
'Amiguita'
,
'Arioso'
,
'Blue Sage'
,
'Carole Cabeen'
,
'Orchid Sprite'
,
'Yellow Opal'
.
Spuria:
'Azure Dawn'
,
'Black Point'
,
'Blue Bud'
,
'Blue Display'
,
'Blue Nightshade'
,
'Bronzspur'
,
'Carmen Corliss'
,
'Cherokee Chief'
,
'Color Guard'
,
'Dutch Defiance'
,
'Fairy Lantern'
,
'Fifth Symphony'
,
'Golden Agate'
,
'Java Princess'
,
'Kathy Cabeen'
,
'Katrina Nies'
,
'Lark Song'
,
'Michigan State'
,
'Morgen Straal'
,
'Mrs. Ethel Guiberson'
,
'Orange Delight'
,
'Pastoral'
,
'Perky Maid'
,
'Robert Hill Lane'
,
'Russet Flame'
,
'Ruth Nies Cabeen'
,
'Saugatuck'
,
'Sunlit Seas'
,
'Two Opals'
,
'Undaunted'
,
'Yellow Swallow Tail'
,
'Zephyroso'
,
Tall Bearded:
'Claremont'
,
'Crowned Princess'
,
'Daughter Katrina'
,
'Gale Storm'
,
'Variety Girl'
,
'Virginia Mansfield'
.
¹
Find a Grave
, database and images (
https://www.findagrave.com
: accessed 29 March 2020), memorial page for Eric J Nies (25 Feb 1884–29 Jan 1952), Find a Grave Memorial no.
183422551
, citing Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum, Altadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor
8
) .
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