(TB) 'Lucerne'
1940, Salbach
'Lucerne' (
Carl Salbach, R. 1937) TB. Early midseason bloom. Color Class B1L. (Seedling x
'Eleanor Blue') x
'Shining Waters'. Salbach 1940.
See below:
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References:
From Carl Salbach catalog 1940: LUCERNE (Salbach 1940) . (Shining Waters X Brunhilde). We have many splendid blues growing in our fields, but none have attracted the attention visitors gave to Lucerne. See picture on page 19. An iris of ideal growing habits. Large blooms of a bright deep blue, almost a self, with standards slightly lighter in color than the flaring falls. The b1ooms are of heavy substance, beautifully poised on tall, well-branched stalks. If good bluse were a little scarcer, Lucerne would undoubtedly command an introductory price of $10.00 or $15.00. Mid-season. 36". $3.50. |
LUCERNE - A very good medium blue, which possibly will be tender in the East. It was one of the few things suffering winter injury in a season where practically all the other Californians got by. Jesse E. Wills, Nashville, Tenn. Bull. A.I.S. 83:14. October 1941. |
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Lucerne is a fine landscape iris, a very tall deep blue self with the loveliest highlights, its height from Shining Waters, its purity of color a heritage from Brunhilde. [Lila McCombs, “A Critical Evaluation of Older Irises”, The Bulletin of the American Iris Society, No. 110 (July 1948): 58.] |
See John C. Wister Collection, Scott Arboretum Archives, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College 'Far West' and 'Lucerne' |
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