Difference: TbMissouri (r28 vs. r27)
(TB) ■(TB) 'Missouri'
1933, Grinter 
'Missouri' ( J. H. Grinter, R. 1933) TB 40" Midseason bloom. Color Code-B3M. ( 'Blue Ribbon' X 'Sensation'). Honorable Mention 1933; Award of Merit 1935; American Dykes Medal 1937.
From Cooley's See below: Gardens catalog for 1937: "Clear, clean blue, of sensational size. There has never been sufficient stock to supply the demand for this iris, declared by some observers to be the last word in its color."
Missouri (Grinter) -disappointing. [G. L. Pilkington, "Iris Notes", A.I.S. Bulletin 74 (July 1939): 31.]
Missouri: (Grinter). The most wonderful blue on cloudy days but shows a violet sheen in the sun. Well deserving of its award. [Belsley, Ray J., Varietal Comments. Bulletin of the American Iris Society 74 (July 1939), 18.]
References:
| From Cooley's Gardens catalog for 1937: "Clear, clean blue, of sensational size. There has never been sufficient stock to supply the demand for this iris, declared by some observers to be the last word in its color." |
Missouri (Grinter) -disappointing. [G. L. Pilkington, "Iris Notes", A.I.S. Bulletin 74 (July 1939): 31.] |
| Missouri: (Grinter). The most wonderful blue on cloudy days but shows a violet sheen in the sun. Well deserving of its award. [Belsley, Ray J., Varietal Comments. Bulletin of the American Iris Society 74 (July 1939), 18.] |
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| I | Attachment | Action | Size | Date | Who | Comment |
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  jpg JPG | missouri.jpg Missouri01.JPG | manage | 67 51 K | 10 Feb 2011 26 Nov 2014 - 15:22 16:52 | Main.avmoran Main.TLaurin | Photo by Bluebird Haven Iris Garden |
| jpg | missouri_fl.jpg Missouri_Mile_Lowe.jpg | manage | 72 38 K | 18 Feb 2011 25 Aug 2010 - 06:26 12:08 | IrisP UnknownUser | Curtesy of Mike Lowe from original HIPS site |
| JPG | Missourikp2.JPG | manage | 60 K | 07 Jan 2013 - 17:41 | KentPfeiffer | Taken at the Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska on May 4, 2012 |
| jpg | Missouri_Mile_Lowe.jpg missouri-X2.jpg | manage | 38 313 K | 25 Aug 2010 18 Feb 2016 - 12:08 23:42 | UnknownUser BrockHeilman | Curtesy of Mike Lowe from original HIPS Please contact Brock Heilman for image use. site |
| JPG jpg | Missouri01.JPG missouri.jpg | manage | 51 67 K | 26 Nov 2014 10 Feb 2011 - 16:52 15:22 | Main.TLaurin Main.avmoran | Photo by Bluebird Haven Iris Garden |
| jpg | missouri2-12.jpg | manage | 56 K | 05 Apr 2015 - 15:53 | Main.mikeu | Photo by Mike Unser |
| jpg | missouri2-jb.jpg | manage | 48 K | 21 Feb 2013 - 19:32 | Main.Harloiris | photo by Mike Unser |
| jpg | missouri-X2.jpg missouri_fl.jpg | manage | 313 72 K | 18 Feb 2016 2011 - 23:42 06:26 | BrockHeilman IrisP | Please contact Brock Heilman for image use. |
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