(TB) 'Anna Gage'

1941, Gage

'Anna Gage' ( L. Merton Gage, R. 1939) TB. Early bloom. Color Class-S6D. 'W. R. Dykes' x 'Tarasca'. Gage(Sunnyside Gardens) 1941.

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From Sunnyside Gardens catalog, 1941: ANNA GAGE—(Gage, 1941), (W. R. Dykes x Tarasca). The flowers are of good size and pleasing form, and the coloring is the most gorgeous of my recent introductions, with standards of Tawny Olive and flaring falls of rich Garnet Brown. Splendid substance and smooth velvety texture. The beard is deep yellow. Good branching; early; 35-inch. $10.00. ORIGINAL CATALOG DESCRIPTION.
American Iris Society. (n.d.). Alphabetical iris check list 1949: compiled from the records of the Registrar, Charles E.F. Gersdorff and Assistant Registrar, Mrs. Walter Colquitt, (p. 35). The American Iris Society.
Sunnyside Gardens, Choice irises grown at Sunnyside Gardens, 1941. Natick, Massachusetts: Sunnyside Gardens,1941. BHL Collections, Seed & Nursery Catalogs. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/290235#page/3/mode/1up.
Peckham, E. (Ed.). (1940). Alphabetical iris check list: 1939, (p. 97). The American Iris Society.

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