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■(TB) 'Gold Imperial'

1924, Sturtevant

'Gold Imperial' (Grace Sturtevant, R. 1924) TB; Early bloom season. Color Class-Y4M ('Hector' x 'Caterina) X 'Stanley H. White'.Sturtevant 1924. Honorable Mention 1922; Award of Merit 1928.

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References:

From Glen Road Iris Garden catalog, 1924: GOLD IMPERIAL (Sturt. 1924) — Chrome yellow throughout with a rare finish of texture and form. Awarded an H. M. at the New York show in 1922. 33 in. 15.00.
From Indian Spring Farms catalog, 1927: GOLD IMPERIAL (Sturtevant 1924). A yellow self of wonderful, bright, clear coloring. S. and F. empire to lemon chrome yellow throughout; beard conspicuous, orange. A medium-sized flower of ideal form borne on a vigorous plant. 36 inches. A real yellow Iris, deeper and more uniform in color than Shekinah, and darker than Primrose. $6.00 each.
 

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Gold-ImperialCT.jpgjpg Gold-ImperialCT.jpg manage 41 K 29 Oct 2011 - 22:19 Main.Betsy881 Photo by C & T Iris Patch
GoldImperial02.JPGJPG GoldImperial02.JPG manage 52 K 02 Mar 2015 - 21:56 Main.TLaurin Photo by John Finney
GoldImperial03.JPGJPG GoldImperial03.JPG manage 50 K 02 Mar 2015 - 21:58 Main.TLaurin Photo by John Finney
GoldImperial04.JPGJPG GoldImperial04.JPG manage 364 K 21 Aug 2017 - 20:08 Main.TLaurin Photo by Mary Hess-Bluebird Haven Iris Garden
GoldImperial05.JPGJPG GoldImperial05.JPG manage 89 K 17 Aug 2021 - 15:20 Main.TLaurin Photo by Mary Hess-Bluebird Haven Iris Garden
Gold_Imperial.JPGJPG Gold_Imperial.JPG manage 56 K 15 Feb 2011 - 13:10 IrisP  
Gold_Imperial.jpgjpg Gold_Imperial.jpg manage 19 K 06 Dec 2010 - 18:09 UnknownUser Courtesy of Mike Lowe from original HIPS website
gold-imperial-mu.jpgjpg gold-imperial-mu.jpg manage 33 K 27 Nov 2015 - 04:54 Main.mikeu Photo by Mike Unser
gold-imperial1-11.jpgjpg gold-imperial1-11.jpg manage 79 K 27 Nov 2015 - 04:54 Main.mikeu Photo by Mike Unser
gold-imperial2-11.jpgjpg gold-imperial2-11.jpg manage 32 K 27 Nov 2015 - 04:54 Main.mikeu Photo by Mike Unser
goldimperial01.jpgjpg goldimperial01.jpg manage 71 K 16 Jan 2017 - 21:31 Main.TLaurin Photo by Stoney Creek Iris
goldimperial02.JPGJPG goldimperial02.JPG manage 439 K 17 May 2018 - 22:46 Main.TLaurin Photo by Nancy McDonald-The Pickle Barrel Collection.
goldimperial1.JPGJPG goldimperial1.JPG manage 877 K 21 Apr 2018 - 13:06 Main.TLaurin Photo scanned from the Geraldine Couturier slide collection
goldimperial2.JPGJPG goldimperial2.JPG manage 812 K 21 Apr 2018 - 13:07 Main.TLaurin Photo scanned from the Geraldine Couturier slide collection
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