Difference: TbSoftAnswer (r5 vs. r4)
(TB) 'Soft Answer'
1953, Wills
'Soft Answer' ( Jesse Wills, R. 1952) Sdlg. 36-51. TB, 37" (94 cm), Midseason bloom. Standards creamy-white, falls light yellow; gold beard. (( 'Lily Pons' x 'Happy Day') x 'Golden Eagle') X (( 'At Dawning' x 'Happy Days') x 'Shannopin'). Fairmount 1953. HM Honorable Mention 1953.
Soft Answer (Wills) - "seemed much more refined than 'Pinnacle' and had good branching. Standards are creamy white while Pinnacle's standards are blue white. The falls of Soft Answer are more blended yellow while Pinnacle seems veined." -LARRY GAULTER. [“Region 15, Varietal Comments,” The Bulletin of the American Iris Society, No. 134 (July 1954): 71.]
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