Hybridizer Adolph Vogt
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Mr. Vogt who retired in June 1969 after working for forty-five years in equipment engineering for the South Central Bell Telephone Company, is the new RVP of Region 7. Mr. Vogt has been growing irises and all kinds of flowers for thirty-five years. He grows about four hundred tall bearded irises, one hundred seventy-five Japanese, and intermediate, reblooming, spuria and Siberians. Currently he has about one thousand Japanese seedlings, of which about one half will bloom next spring. [“New Regional Vice Presidents.” The Bulletin of the American Iris Society #208(January 1973): 18.]
Registrations/Introductions:
Japanese: 'Dual Personality', 'Icy Peaks', 'Lilac Peaks', 'Little Snowball', 'Little Snowman', 'Oriental Eyes', 'Rosy Sunrise', 'Royal Game', 'Sparkling Sapphire', 'Stately Flamingo', 'Tranquil Peace', 'Vermilion Sunset', 'Wind Drift'.
-- AdamCordes - 2010-07-23