■(TB) 'Summer Olympics'

1976, Smith

'Summer Olympics' (Raymond G. Smith, R. 1976). Seedling# 7603AF. TB, 30" (76 cm). Early bloom and rebloom. Standards brilliant greenish yellow (Nickerson 7.5Y 9/8); falls white, yellow (7.5Y 8/12) hafts; orange beard; heavily ruffled. Seedling# 7311B: (seedling# 6725AR x 'Winter Olympics') X seedling# 7273AR: (( 'Rippling Waters' x seedling# 121BR) x 'Winter Olympics'). R. G. Smith 1980.

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From AIS Bulletin #237 April 1980 Introducing SUMMER OLYMPICS (1980). A brilliant greenish yellow reblooming self. Huge, great increase, a super iris. $30.00. Raymond Smith.
From Zurbrigg's 1988 Avonbank Gardens catalog: SUMMER OLYMPICS (Raymond Smith 80) 32" E & RE Indiana (late Oct. in VA). S greenish yellow; F white with yellow hafts. This is a large, wide iris of much quality. It has much to offer the hybridizer (and I have used it a lot), including ruffling. (sdlg. x Winter Olympics) X (Rippling Waters sdlg. x Wr. Olympics). $3

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