■(TB) 'Atrous'

1943, Gage

'Atrous' (L. Merton Gage, R. 1940) TB. Midseason bloom. Color Class R7D. Purple seedling x 'Modesta'. Sunnyside Gardens 1943. High Commendation A.I.S. 1942.

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ATROUS—(Gage, 1943). Perhaps the darkest of all red-purples. Standards are blackish red-purple. The falls are a deeper red-purple than anything shown in the Ridgway Color Standards. It is almost a self and at a short distance appears to be a black Iris. Good size flowers, heavy substance and velvety texture. Midseason; 34-inch. NET. $15.00. ORIGINAL CATALOG DESCRIPTION.
ATROUS (N. Gage, 1940) - Darkest red of all; standards tightly domed, falls in gentle curve downward, beard prominent, flowers medium size, somewhat bunched; lacks desirable height. [Elis Nelson, "Varietal Notes on Red Irises," The Bulletin of the American Iris Society_, No. 110 (July 1948): 92.
Sold from the following catalogs: Tell 1947.

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