Relative Biological Success of 1950 Registration Cultivars (under construction)

• In 1950 there were 269 registrations of tall bearded irises
• 156 Had no descendants that were registered later (58%)

Top ten most Biologically successful cultivars for 1950

‘Mary Randall’
348
‘Party Dress’
119
‘Sable Night’
77
‘Molten’
54
‘Dolly Varden’
46
‘Lady Ilse’
35
‘Belle Meade’
34
‘Black Hills’
27

Number indicates the number, of registered descendants showing the cultivar in their registration parentage.

‘Alfred Edwin’	2
‘Algol’	0
‘Alioth’	0
‘Alkaid’	0
‘Alline Rogers’	2
‘Alma’	0
‘Ambleside’	1
'Angela Borgia’	4
‘Annabet’	0
‘Antique Chestnut’	0
‘Appliqué’	0
‘Aunt Amoret’	1
‘Ball Gown’	8
‘Ballerina’	5
‘Bandit’	9
‘Belle Meade’	34
‘Belvidere’	0
‘Benediction’	0
‘Big Time’	2
‘Black Diamond’	6

‘Black Hills’	27
‘Black Orchid’	3
‘Black Satin’	9
‘Blanche Cecilia’	0
‘Blue Hussar’	0
‘Blue Parrakeet’	0
‘Blue Serene’	0
‘Blue Steel’	0
‘Blueblood’	0
‘Bold Copper’	2
‘Bronze Symphony’	1
‘Bronze Tone’	0
‘Bronzed Gold’	0
‘Burnished Bronze’	1
‘Calor’	0
‘Capella’	0
‘Carefree’	0
‘Carnton’	7
‘Carthage Beauty’	0
‘Carthage Gem’	0

‘Ceylon’	0
‘Cheeks Of Tan’	1
‘Chinese White’	2
‘Circus’	0
‘City Lights’	3
‘Cliffdel’	26
‘Coniston’	0
‘Copper Canyon’	0
‘Counsellor’	0
‘Courtesy’	0
‘Cream Pink’	0
‘Creme King’	0
‘Crimson Glaze’	1
‘Criterion’	5
‘Custard’	3
‘Dal Tex’	0
‘Dame Caroline’	0
'Dancing Waters’	4
‘Dazzle Dust’	0
‘Deep Gold’	0

‘Desert Dusk’	0
‘Desert Sunrise’	0
‘Devoir’	3
‘Dianeva’	1
‘Dolly Varden’	46
‘Double Eagle’	0
‘Dowager Queen’	3
‘Dream Gold’	0
‘Dynamite’	24
‘Elfin Lake’	0
‘Elizabeth’	0
‘Enchanted Isle’	0
‘Enjoy’	0
‘Ennerdale’	1
‘Ernell’	2
‘Fair Morn’	0
‘Fairy Lane’	0
‘Fashion’	0
‘Fiery Etna’	0

'Flying Saucer’	7
‘Francie Crandall’	1
‘Friars Crag’	0
‘Frosty’	0
‘Fuchsia’	15
‘Gala Girl’	0
‘Garden Ballet’	0
‘Garnet Gem’	0
‘Genellen’	0
‘Gloriana’	0
‘Gloxinia’	0
‘Gold Seal’	0
‘Gold Smoke’	2
‘Golden Bonnet’	0
‘Golden Gem’	0
‘Golden Gleam’	6
‘Golden Invasion’	0
‘Golden Moon’	1
‘Golden Perch’	6
‘Golden Plover’	2

‘Golden Rule’	1
‘Gracious Lady’	1
‘Grand Chief’	0
‘Gratitude’	0
‘Grecian Urn’	0
‘Gypsy Trail’	0
‘Happy Talk’	1
‘Haunting Melody’	0
‘Hawks Hill’	0
‘Hazel Reed’	5
‘Headlands’	11
‘Heath Crest’	4
‘High Tor’	1
‘Honey Bun’	1
‘Hot Copper’	0
‘Humming Bird’	2
‘Jan Hess’	4
‘Judith Ellen’	0
‘Kaposia’	0
‘Kerliello’	0

‘Kiki’	0
‘Kim’	0
‘La Cresenda’	0
‘La Luz’	0
‘Lady Chartreuse’	0
‘Lady Ilse’	35
‘Lady Sweet’	0
‘Les Eolides’	0
‘Lilt’	0
‘Lindora’	2
‘Lorna Mary’	0
‘Lotte Lembrich’	3
‘Magic Mist’	0
‘Magic Sails’	3
‘Maple Flame’	0
‘Marjie’	0
‘Mary Randall’	348
‘Matt Bishop’	0
‘Maxwelton’	1
‘Medicine Man’	1

‘Micke’	0
‘Mirette’	3
‘Miss Syracuse’	0
‘Molten’	54
‘Moonlit Gold’	1
‘Mount Shavano’	0
‘Mrs. Douglas Pattison’	2
‘Much Ado’	0
‘Nappawalla’	0
‘Nicki Noreen’	0
‘Night Wind’	0
‘Nixianna’	1
‘Northwestern’	5
‘October Shadows’	10
‘Orchid Mist’	0
‘Organdy Ruffles’	0
‘Ossario’	0
‘Pagan Royal’	3
‘Panamerican’	0
‘Panay’	0

‘Panorama’	0
‘Parowan’	0
‘Party Dress’	119
‘Paul Bunyan’	0
‘Pepper’	0
‘Peralta’	0
‘Phradie Wells’	1
‘Pilgrim Belle’	0
‘Pinafore Lass’	7
‘Pink Champaign’	0
‘Pink Prelude’	0
‘Pink Sails’	3
‘Poise’	0
‘Ponder’	4
‘Port Wine’	15
‘Precisely’	0
‘Primrose Hill’	0
‘Prospector’	4
‘Pulchritude’	0
‘Purple Flash’	0

‘Queen's Taste’	6
‘Quicksilver’	4
‘Rabelais’	1
‘Radiant Gold’	0
‘Red Herald’	0
‘Refrain’	0
‘Regatta’	0
‘Rendezvous’	2
‘Reno’	0
‘Rhythm’	0
‘Right Royal’	3
‘Rimrock’	0
‘Ripples’	1
‘Rosa Barone’	1
‘Rose Maybud’	0
‘Rose Medallion’	0
‘Rose Taffeta’	0
‘Rosedale’	29
‘Royal Band’	7
‘Royal Duke’	0

‘Royal Ermine’	1
‘Royal Giant’	2
‘Royal Purple’	0
‘Royal Wish’	0
‘Ruby Light’	0
‘Ruffled Bonnet’	0
‘Rydal Water’	0
‘Sable Night’	77
‘Sazonada’	1
‘Seattle Centennial’	0
‘Shady Lady’	2
‘Shanunga Purple’	0
‘Side Glances’	0
‘Siegmund’	0
‘Silver Platter’	0
‘Sky Lantern’	0
‘Sky Pilot’	0
‘Snosheen’	10
‘So Big Dallas’	0
‘Spellbound’	12

‘Spice Of Life’	0
‘Spring Melody’	0
‘Summer Song’	3
‘Sun Shade’	0
‘Surety’	0
‘Sweetbriar’	0
‘Temple’	0
‘Temple Square’	0
‘Tensleep’	1
‘Thanksgiving Firelight’	0
‘The Kimlark’	0
‘The Mad Hatter’	2
‘Thorwald’	1
‘Thotmes III’	27
‘Tinted Frills’	0
‘Tops’	0
‘Tranquility’	12
‘Twosome’	0
‘Vallejo’	0
‘Vandax’	0

‘Vanity Fair’	2
‘Velvet Mantilla’	0
‘Verity’	0
‘Victorian Veil’	2
‘Virginia Mansfield’	0
‘War Cry’	1
‘Waumbek’	0
‘Welcome Guest’	1
‘Well Content’	10
‘Wesamequin’	0
‘Western Star’	0
‘Whispers’	6
‘White Ghyll’	0
‘White Magic’	0
‘White Peacock’	8
‘White Satin’	3
‘White Shepherdess’	0
‘White Sprite’	6
‘Wilma Vallette’	1
‘Wissinoming’	0

‘Wrath’	0
‘Xenon’	0