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■(TB) 'Earth Angel'

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1960, Sexton

'Earth Angel' (Neva Sexton, R. 1959). Seedling 20. TB, 40" (102 cm), Midseason bloom. Color Class-W1, White self, white beard. 'Swan Ballet' x 'South Pacific'. Sexton 1960, Melrose.

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From AIS Bulletin #161, April 1961. EARTH ANGEL (N. Sexton '60). ML 38". (Swan Ballet x South Pacific). This is an extremely fluted and ruffled glistening white with white beard. Has round horizontal falls, domed standards and wondrous branching. Comment from New Jersey: "Best of guests that flowered in my garden." $20.00. Neva Sexton Iris Garden.
From Melrose Gardens catalog, 1964: EARTH ANGEL (Sexton) A pure white sister to Pacific Panorama, an ethereal creation with rounded very ruffled falls, closed domed standards fluted and airy. One of the top whites as its sister is proving to be one of the most popular medium blues. Perfect show specimen as it generally opens 3 flowers at once; short branching holds them well. HM'61. 7·50.
 
8th Place, Honorable Mention, Eighth International Iris Competition 1964, Italian Iris Society, Florence, Italy. [AISB 174(July 1964):11.]



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