Hybridizer Ralph Schroeder (1898-1970)

Warrensburg, Illinois, USA (AIS Region 9)

Ralph Schroeder was a U.S. Army veteran of World War I and civil engineer graduate from the University of Illinois. His great and abiding love for flowers was overshadowed only by his interest in youth involved in sports. He coached and managed Little League baseball, and coached baseball and basketball at the high school level. Ralph was a knowledgeable gardener, and visitors to his garden since 1933 were treated to the best in irises, hemorocallis, peonies and daffodills. A memorial bed is planned in the Regional Display Garden. He was a past-RVP of Region 9 and an AIS judge. How he would have enjoyed the AIS Fiftieth Anniversary Bulletin. To those of us who knew him, our sadness is lessened by the memories of his droll wit and astute choice of flowers. - from The Bulletin of the American Iris Society, No. 197 (April 1970).

See below:

• Gardens & Catalogs
• Registrations and Introductions (by Class)
• Registrations and Introductions (by Year)

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Gardens & Catalogs

Propietor of A Village Garden in Warrensburg, Illinois.

• A Village Garden (1938)
• A Village Garden (1939)
• A Village Garden (1940)
• A Village Garden (1941)
• A Village Garden (1946)
• A Village Garden (1947)
• A Village Garden (1948)
• A Village Garden (1949)

Mr. Ralph Schroeder's garden at Warrensburg, Illinois, is only about 50 miles north of Vincennes as far as latitude is concerned, and we thought we should see some bloom there. On arrival the next day however, we saw that we were mistaken. The garden showed great promise with a wealth of bloomstalks, but flowers were to come about a week later. - Richard Goodman, (Illinois), Iris Ramblings in 1948, The Bulletin of the American Iris Society, No. 110 (July 1948)

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Registrations and Introductions (by Class)

Border Bearded: 'Sunny Rachel'

Tall Bearded: 'Autumn Woods', 'Blue Shadows', 'Bright Song', 'Cool Morning', 'Fair Weather', 'Gay Charmer', 'Gray Sunrise', 'Green Mist', 'Mocha Mist', 'Oktohbi', 'Starched Linen', 'Tall Boy'.

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Registrations and Introductions (by Year)

• 1946: 'Autumn Woods', 'Blue Shadows'
• 1947: 'Oktohbi'
• 1949: 'Bright Song'
• 1970: 'Gay Charmer'
• Unintroduced: 'Fair Weather' (r. 1939), 'Tall Boy' (r. 1941), 'Cool Morning' (r. 1945), 'Gray Sunrise' (r. 1946), 'Green Mist' (r. 1962), 'Mocha Mist' (r. 1962), 'Starched Linen' (r. 1962), 'Sunny Rachel' (r. 1962),

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-- BobPries - 2012-05-18