(TB) 'Rose Festival'

1945, Kleinsorge

'Rose Festival' (Rudolph Kleinsorge, R. 1941). Sdlg. 285. TB. Midseason bloom. Color Class-R7L. Rose-pink; golden style arms and hafts; gold beards tipped violet. Red seedling #240 x 'E. B. Williamson'. National Iris Garden(Weed) 1945.

Introductory catalog description from National Iris Gardens for 1945:

Rose Festival had a decent distribution throughout the country from its introduction in 1945 through about 1956. It now, unfortunately, seems to have disappeared from gardens. Two of the major nurseries carried it in its day…National Iris Gardens from 1945 to 1954 and Fleur De Lis from 1946 to 1952. The last listing found in catalogs from the Biodiversity Heritage Library collection was from Minneapolis based Burn's Iris Garden in 1956.

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American Iris Society., Sturtevant, Robert Swan., American Iris Society., & Sturtevant, Robert S. (1920). Bulletin of the American Iris Society (Vol. 97, p. 62). American Iris Society. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56235751

Burn’s Iris Garden, & Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. (1956). 1956 catalog : Minnesota grown iris - hemerocallis (p. 16). Burns Iris Gardens. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62740742

Fleur De Lis Gardens., Tompkins, C. W., & Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. (1946). Iris and hemerocallis, 1946 (p. 19). C.W. Tompkins. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61201633

Foumal’s Gardens, & Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. (1953). Foumal’s Gardens. Foumal’s Gardens. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62302512

Iris Test Gardens. & Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. (1947). 1947 iris season. Iris Test Gardens. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61362546

National Iris Gardens (Beaverton, Or.), Weed, Howard, & Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. (1945). National Iris Gardens, 1945 (p. 4). National Iris Gardens. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61139028

Rainbow Hybridizing Gardens. & Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. (1951). Lloyd Austin’s rainbow offerings iris : 1951 the onco year for everyone : a catalog for iris lovers and hybridizers (p. 20). Rainbow Hybridizing Gardens. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62067967

Tell Muhlestein (Firm) & Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. (1946). Iris, 1946 : iris of distinction (p. 10). Tell Muhlestein. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61233211

Tom Craig (Firm), & Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. (1952). Iris, daylilies, 1952 (p. 14). Tom Craig. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62017021

Top O’ The Ridge, & Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. (1950). 1950 catalog (p. 6). Top O’ the Ridge. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61744247

Western Iris Gardens, & Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. (1950). Bearded irises in modern varieties : a selected list-1950. Western Iris Gardens. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61748085

Windridge Farm, & Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. (1956). Iris 1956 (p. 19). Windridge Farm. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62856309

Wittman’s Orchids in Iris, & Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. (1950). Wittman’s iris gardens : the iris showplace of the east (p. 30). Wittman’s Orchids in Iris. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61757522

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