1927, Sass
'Baldwin' (Hans Peter SassR. 1926) TB. Midseason bloom. Color Class-B7M. Sass 1927. Synonym: Balduin.
Nursery listings: Maple Road (J. Sass) 1927; Berry 1938; Katkamier 1938; Simpson 1938; Skylands Farm (Peckham) 1939.
Additional nursery catalogs not listed: Fairmount (Nesmith) 1931. Hill 1932, 1933; Iriscrest (Mead) 1929[Balduin]; Maple Road (Sass Brothers) 1949; Maple Valley (Whiting) 1933, 1938, 1939, 1940; Royal Iris Gardens (Nicholls) 1933.
See below:
BALDWIN. Self B7M Sass, H. P. R.1926-I.1927. Lavender violet with bluish flush below beard and an almost solid hydrangea red reticulation on haft; 40 in. S. with tips adpressed; F. drooping to straight hanging; beard bluish, yellow tipt; styles over arching; spathes flushed. Excellent mass. [R. S. Sturtevant, "Descriptions of Varieties, Part VI", A.I.S. Bulletin 53 (October 1934): 26. |
From Hill’s Iris & Peony Farm, ca 1932: BALDWIN (H. P. Sass) A Manganese violet of large size on 40-inch stems. Cooley's description in October Iris Bulletin: "Surely one of the finest things in Commerce-splendid form and huge size, lovely pleasing color that is neither lavender nor purple, nor pink, nor red. It is a medley of all these, very vigorous. $5.00. |
From Sass catalog, 1937: BALDWIN (H. P. Sass, 1926)-0ne of the best of the dark blue purples. A huge Manganese violet self with an electric sheen in the falls on 40-inch well branched stems. 35c |
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JPG | Baldwin.JPG | manage | 44 K | 30 Jan 2011 - 20:15 | IrisP | |
jpg | Baldwin.jpg | manage | 16 K | 10 Nov 2010 - 23:35 | UnknownUser | Curtesy of Mike Lowe from original HIPS website |
JPG | Baldwin27akp2.JPG | manage | 56 K | 02 Jan 2013 - 22:38 | KentPfeiffer | Taken at the Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska on April 24, 2012 |