1949, Whiting
'Gold Sovereign' (Mrs. C. Whiting, R. 1948). Sdlg. #4618, TB, 28", Midseason bloom, Color class Y4D. (Ola Kala X Rocket). Maple Valley 1949. Honorable Mention 1950; Award of Merit 1953. Registered as 'Gold Nugget' in 1948.
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From Tell's Iris Gardens catalog, 1951: GOLD SOVEREIGN (Whiting '49). M. (Ola Kala x Rocket.) Simply stunning is this richest orange-yellow. Top blood for vivid colors in yellow, orange and possibly reds. H.M.'50. Net. $10.00. |
"Gold Sovereign, a new Whiting orange was the nicest in its color class that I've ever seen. Rich, glowing, with no dirt on the falls and no haft markings, it seemed to be really different and good. It isn't large, but is so intensely colored that one couldn't ask it to have huge size in addition." [Mrs. Ed Conrad (Idaho), “Way Beyond the Hills of Idaho” The Bulletin of the American Iris Society, No. 121, (April 1951): 36.] |
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png | GOLD_SOVEREIGN.png | manage | 296 K | 17 Feb 2017 - 23:58 | Main.hrandiac | page 23 of 1953 Tom Craig catalog |
JPG | goldsovereign01.JPG goldsovereig5.JPG | manage | 325 72 K | 07 Feb 2018 24 Jul 2022 - 20:52 12:27 | Main.TLaurin | Photo scanned by Cathy Egerer Mike Unser from 1953 Maple Valley Gardens Catalog. |
JPG | goldsovereign9.JPG goldsovereign01.JPG | manage | 76 325 K | 17 Aug 2021 07 Feb 2018 - 19:32 20:52 | Main.TLaurin | Photo scanned by Mary Hess-Bluebird Haven Iris Garden Cathy Egerer from 1953 Maple Valley Gardens Catalog. |
jpg JPG | goldsovereign_fl.jpg goldsovereign9.JPG | manage | 52 76 K | 13 17 Aug 2012 2021 - 18:03 19:32 | IrisP Main.TLaurin | Photo by Mary Hess-Bluebird Haven Iris Garden |
JPG jpg | goldsoverign1.JPG goldsovereign_fl.jpg | manage | 154 52 K | 11 Apr 2020 13 Aug 2012 - 20:33 18:03 | Main.TLaurin IrisP | Photo scanned from the 1955 Rainbow Hybridizing Gardens catalog by Kate Brewitt |
JPG | goldsoverign1.JPG | manage | 154 K | 11 Apr 2020 - 20:33 | Main.TLaurin | Photo scanned from the 1955 Rainbow Hybridizing Gardens catalog by Kate Brewitt |