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(TB) 'Amaranth'
1942, Whiting 'Amaranth' ( Mrs. C. Whiting, R. 1941). TB. [36"], Midseason bloom. Color Class-R1M. 'Cheerio' x 'Ossar'. Slight grape fragrance. [Maple Valley 1942]. See below:
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| From Maple Valley Gardens catalog, 1949: AMARANTH (W. 1942). No. 4059. (CHEERIO X OSSAR) Midseason, 36 inches. Light rosy purple self. Good form, smooth coloring, enamel finish. Pod parent of GYPSY ROSE AND CAMPFIRE GLOW. R88. $2.00. |
| "Amaranth (Whiting '42) is a well formed, smoothly finished beautiful self of a most pleasing rosy purple. It is a lovely garden color and quite different." [David R. Kinnish, O. S. B., (Kansas), “In Kansas, Missouri and Illinois,” The Bulletin of the American Iris Society, No. 107, “Iris Ramblings” (October 1947): 39. |
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