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■(TB) 'Lucrezia Bori'

1935, Schreiner

'Lucrezia Bori' (Schreiner, 1935) TB. Midseason Bloom. Color Class Y4M.

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Photo scanned from the A.H. Fischer slide collectionDetail of A.H. Fischer photo

References

From Schreiner Iris catalog, 1935: LUCREZIA BORI (Schreiner 1935). The Feature Sensation of the 1935 National Iris Show held in Nashville, May 2, 3, 1935 by the American Iris Society. Named in tribute to the gracious charm of that gifted artiste, Lucrezia Bori, this Schreiner seedling was the feature sensation of the National Iris show at Nashville and the outstanding attraction in the gardens of Mr. Clint McDade of Chattanooga, whose collection of the newer and finer Iris is probably one of the most complete and outstanding in the country. Here among all the new and best yellow Iris represented, Lucrezia Bori proved most popular and rated higher than any other. Such tribute coming from many notables in the American Iris Society who saw it in Mr.!McDade's gardens, is, we feel, one of the best and highest endorsements an Iris can receive. Dr. Harry Everett, President of the American Iris Society, who has given permission to quote him, says of it..."I consider Lucrezia Bori absolutely on the top rung of yellows. It has distinctive form and remarkable size and impresses one as being one of the most novel and worth-while yellows." "Its a honey" is typical of the many comments of admiration and delight made on every side by those who saw it. Delightfully frilled, fluted and ruffled in both standards and falls, and radiant in tone, it has a form and style that give it a most distinctive personality. These characteristics, inherited in part from one of its parents, Nebraska, are further enhanced by a most striking gleam and iridescence thruout the entire flower. The standards with a stiff midrib and addressed, the falls have a most pleasing modified flare, and the substance in both stands and falls is the heaviest of any yellow. In color Lucrezia Bori is one of the darker of the yellow shades in Iris…the stands are a translucent Empire to Primrose yellow, the falls as deep as California Gold, paling slightly at the base. A very rich beard helps to make more striking the illuminating iridescence or sheen of the entire flower, one of its special features. In size it is the tallest of the large flowered yellows, its height and branching being phenominal, averaging 42 to 45 inches high with three well branched stalks and nine buds to the stem. The individual florets are fully equal in size to the development reached in other colors. It is also very fragrant. Being a derivative of Nebraska insures a rugged constitution anda hardiness of growth seldom found in any other tall yellow to date. This was specially evidenced by its remarkable performance in weathering thru the last two very trying winters in Minnesota. A limited stock, as yet, and the unusually heavy demand for it evidenced at the National Iris show in Nashville this May suggest that those wishing rhizomes of Lucrezia Bori rush in their orders early to avoid possible disappointment as we cannot fill orders after the limited supply is exhausted. Being originators and exclusive introducers this year it is only available of us. Price $25.00.
From Quality Gardens catalog, 1937: LUCREZIA BORI (Schreiner 1935) M. 40". This first seedling offered by Mr. Schreiner caused much favorable comment in Nashville at the A.I.S. meeting. Similar in form to its seed parent, Nebraska, it is a very long flower of rich golden yellow coloring with a deep orange beard. It is very fragrant and a good grower. $15.00.
 

Synonyms

Lucretia Bori, Lucrecia Bori.

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