■(TB) 'Casa Morena'

1943, DeForest

'Casa Morena' (Fred DeForest, R. 1941). TB. Midseason bloom. Color Class R4M. ((('Morning Splendor' x 'Germaine Perthuis') x ('Alta California')) x ( 'Rubeo' x 'Grace Sturtevant')) X ('Prairie Sunset'). Irisnoll 1943. Honorable Mention 1944; Award of Merit 1946.

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CASA MORENA (De forest, 1943) Each $1.50; 3 for $4.00. Large flowers—yes, extra large—of deep, glistening, rich brown. Same solid color on standards and falls. Styles yellowish; beard brownish orange. Not just a novelty, but a flower that adds an entirely new, rich note to the garden picture. See the accurate picture on page 33—the picture, of course, is much reduced in size. Height 38 inches. HM AIS, 1944; AM, 1946. Cooley's Iris catalog 1952, p. 33.
From Tell's Iris Gardens catalog, 1951: CASA MORENA (De Forest '43). M. (Morning Splendor, Germain Pertheus, Alta Calif., Rubeo, Grace Sturtevant) x (Prairie Sunset). Lovely burnt sienna and chestnut. Blood for blends, reds and even plicatas. A.M. '46. $2.00

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