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(TB) 'Muscatel'

1929, Williamson

'Muscatel' (E. B. Williamson, 1929) TB. Midseason bloom. Color Class-R3D. 'Lent A. Williamson' x unknown.

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From Longfield Iris Farms catalog, 1929: Muscatel (Williamson No. 254, 1929). (Lent A. Williamson X ?). Tall Bearded. Height 38 inches, stalk well branched below mid-height, 9 flowers, well spaced. Flowers large, 5-1/2 inches high and 4-1/2 inches wide. Standards arching cupped; broadly obovate; Litho Purple, shading through brownish to Pale Lemon Yellow near the claw; this yellow area and the claw heavily Maroon veined. Falls drooping; broadly wedge shaped; Petunia Violet; haft Empire Yellow. Maroon veined; beard Cadmium or Light Cadmium Yellow. Style branches Picric Yellow, mid-line and crests purple tinged. The name was suggested by Mrs. Thura Hires. The garden effect of this variety is a bicolor wine purple, valuable for color, grace, height and vigor. ยง1.00.
 
 

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