(TB) 'Bay State'

1946, Corey

'Bay State' (Mrs. P. E. Corey, R. 1946) TB. Midseason bloom. Color Class-B1L. 'Pale Moonlight' x 'Great Lakes'. High Commendation 1946.

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From Fairmount Gardens catalog, 1955: BAY STATE (Corey 1949) M. L. Most worthy of note is this light blue iris with large flowers of firm substance and delightful fragrance, often having· three blooms open at one time on a tall well branched stalk. H. C., A. I. S. 1946. H.M., A. I. S. 1949. 38 in. $2.00. Introduced by Fairmount Gardens in 1949. $20.00.
Iris Test Garden catalog, 1958: BAY STATE. (Corey 1949) . M. L. Most worthy of note is this light blue Iris with large flowers of firm substance and delightful fragrance, often having three blooms open at one time on a tall well branched stalk. H.C.,A.I.S. 1946. H.M. 1949. 38 inches. 75c.
"Mrs. Corey's new blue, called Bay State, is from Pale Moonlight X Great Lakes, has none of the veining of its famous parent. It is very smooth in texture, with four nicely placed branches, semiflaring and slightly ruffled. It is a late bloomer." Mrs. Otto Steutzel, “After the Ball Was Over,” The Bulletin of the American Iris Society, No. 103 (October 1946): 10.

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