Difference: TbCharMaize (r14 vs. r13)
■(TB) 'Char-Maize'
1949, Lyon
'Char-Maize' (David Lyon, R. 1948) Seedling# 44-24-2. TB. Early midseason bloom. Color Class-Y1L 'Snow Flurry' x 'Aztec Copper'. Seedling# 44-24-2. Fragrant. High Commendation 1948; Honorable Mention 1949. Award of Merit 1952. Runner-up for Dykes Medal, 1954 and 1955.
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| From Lyons Irisland catalog, 1959: CHAR-MAIZE (Lyon '49) $1.50. CHAR-MAIZE (lyon '49) $1.50 A large flowered iris of exceptional merit. Fine in proportion and heavy of substance, delicately ruffled. The deep yellow sh~ws shows rich tones of chartreuse. Withstands degrees of heat and wind such as to wilt the average iris. 38". EM-LM. (Snow Flurry X Aztec Copper) A.M. '52 . Runner-up for Dykes Medal '54 and '55. |
| Char-Maize (Lyon '49) - "This is one iris that could be rated 100%. Has height, perfect form, heavy substance, perfect branching plus a color that is different, and does not melt in our hot sun, nor does it fade." [“Region 15, Varietal Comments,” The Bulletin of the American Iris Society, No. 134 (July 1954): 71.] |
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| I | Attachment | Action | Size | Date | Who | Comment |
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 png | CHAR-MAIZE.png | manage | 467 K | 18 Feb 2017 - 05:29 | Main.hrandiac | Scanned from 1953 Tom Craig catalog |
 JPG | TBChar-MaizeVL61.JPG | manage | 57 K | 15 Jul 2014 - 08:02 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Verna Laurin, AIS National Conv. Newark NJ 1961 |
| JPG | charmaize.JPG | manage | 624 K | 19 Jun 2018 - 22:19 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Larry Harder |
| JPG | charmaize01.JPG | manage | 66 K | 03 Aug 2020 - 01:51 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by HIPS Archives |
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