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heavily. The success of BUMBLEBEE DEELITE (Norrick 1986) was a nice surprise. Few medians have beaten out “all those talls” in previous conventions, and certainly never an MTB! Small, compact, well shaped flowers are a bright variegata with solid yellow standards and quite bright maroon to brick red falls, distinctly edged yellow. Obviously, it is floriferous, and makes a stunning clump. CLASSICS: DISCO JEWEL (Guild 1978); CONSUMMATION (Welch 1978); NEW IDEA (Hager 1970, Tet). 12
BORDER BEARDEDS: SHENANIGAN (Keppel 1985) is a rich pink based plicata, with rich medium salmon-pink standards and falls, and then the falls heavily sanded and washed a clean, harmonious bright wine-purple. Tangerine beards add a finishing touch. Typical high quality we’ve come to expect in Keppel BBs, with superb proportion and branching. PEASANT DANCE (Helsley 1985), from straight Keppel blood, was well in proportion and class, and made a nice clump. Golden-brown standards are flushed violet. Falls are a white ground plicata, heavily marked with a wide border of red-violet with a charming belly stripe down the center. Compact flowers are heavily ruffled. NURSERY SCHOOL (Ghio 1985) sometimes grows too tall, but the simple clean apricot flowers are always small and in proportion. The quality of ‘Marmalade Skies’ (Niswonger) shows through. FLASHDANCE (Roderick 1986) is a rich violet with shocking red beards – the thickest yet. A nice attempt at a red-bearded blue. If you look closely, you can see a hint of a deeper halo/band around the falls. Growth habits, branching, and bud count are just average, but the color and flower form are special. Durrance DL27, in the Spence Garden, was a bright gold remindful of the intensity of Jack’s TB, ‘Curious Yellow’, but with compact flowers on proportionate stalks with 3 well-spaced branches. [NOTE: This iris was named MOSTEST, introduced in 1990]. Black 8490C, in full bloom during convention, is a heavily laced, small flowered lavender-blue with soft yellow beards. Nice stalks, but an especially fine garden variety. [NOTE: This iris was named NAUTICAL FLAG, introduced in 1989]. Stahly 83-6 bloomed the week after convention at Wauzelia Shelley’s, and was a fat little wineviolet (remindful of Les Peterson’s TB, ‘Song of Paris’ from a few years back) with a silk sheen and absolutely smooth hafts. A hint of a blue flash below the beard made the flower vivid. Substance like leather, and everything, including size of plants, in perfect BB proportion. CLASSICS: TULARE (Hamblen 1961); BROWN LASSO (Buckles-Niswonger 1975); AM I BLUE (Denney 1977). INTERMEDIATE BEARDEDS: HELLCAT (Aitken 1983) is the finest available today. A rich, deeper ‘Mystique’ neglecta in IB proportions. Strong plant habits, with consistently good stalks with 2 branches and double sockets. The silk sheen gives the flower a rich, inky look. Terry has produced 2 other fine IBs: BUBBLY BLUE and NIGHT SHIFT (both 1986, and both directly descended from ‘Mystique’). ‘Bubbly Blue’ is a shimmering, ruffled light to medium blue with the form that similarly colored ‘Silent Strings’ (Dyer) failed to consistently produce. ‘Night Shift’ is the smoothest deep violet, nicely formed and lightly ruffled. Similar, but leaning more towards a deep navy blue, was HERO (L. Miller 1987). Strong, vigorous plants, and also has a nice sheen to add to the intensity of the color. WHITE LILACS (Warburton 1984) was a pleasant surprise, previously missed. A small-flowered, graceful, heavily ruffled icy white, completely infused blue-lilac throughout. Slender stalks are fairly tall for the class, to properly display its consistent 3 branches. Makes an elegant clump. A child of ‘Full Tide’ (O. Brown, TB), so no wonder the quality. RED ZINGER (Black 1985) has been one of the more consistent newer IBs, with solid burgundy tones, a hint of a deeper spot, and a bronze beard. Has vigor and increase that its parent, poor ol’ ‘Pride of Oklahoma’ (Dyer 1980, TB), could only dream of! Black 85458A always looks as though it will bloom out, it is so floriferous. But the increase is so rampant that it returns the next year in the same fashion. A clean white plicata, simply banded blue-lavender. Tall – at the top of the class – with rather small, ruffled flowers, but thin, graceful, harmonious stalks that consistently produce Queen of Show quality in nice proportion. [NOTE: This seedling was named SHOOTING SPARKS, introduced in 1989]. Black 86432B is a compact, IB version in the color of ‘Aztec Dance’ (Blyth) or ‘Peasant Dance’ (Helsley) -- tan-brown standards and white plicata falls banded violet. Superb form and proportion, and a pleasantly different color combination for this class. [NOTE: This seedling was named HOT WHEELS, introduced in 1990]. CLASSICS: SEA PATROL (C. Palmer 1970); SNOW FESTIVAL (C. Palmer 1975); RASPBERRY BLUSH (Hamblen 1976); PEACHY FACE (B. Jones 1976); SNAPPIE (Warburton 1976). STANDARD DWARF BEARDEDS: At the top of the list – pure class – is AZURE GEM (Hamblen 1982), the most elegant, shimmering light blue with clean, deeper azure blue beards. The form is impeccable. Fortunately, it is proving to be an outstanding parent. Melba’s finest median ever. CHUBBY CHEEKS (Black 1985) is already proving to be one of the best parents in SDB history. This fat little stud throws its width, substance, and strong plant habits with consistency to its children. A pure white plicata, heavily banded with lavender-blue, then a second band inside of steel gray plicata stitching. At the top of the limits of the class, it can be 13
Page 1 and 2: CONTEMPORARY VIEWS - 1988 Perry Dye
Page 3 and 4: Paul’s creations, and apparently
Page 5 and 6: stalks in irisdom (compliments of O
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Page 9 and 10: Only a single blossom of JITTERBUG
Page 11: The yellow beards make it look simi
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Page 17 and 18: Runnersup (and boy was it close): H
Page 19 and 20: PINKS: This was probably the strong
Page 21 and 22: BOLD GOLD (Gatty 1987), CRYSTAL GLI
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Page 25 and 26: are heavily streaked and washed wit
Page 27 and 28: yet its form, plant habits, branchi
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Page 31 and 32: PINKS: What a class! My favorite is
Page 33 and 34: PURE-AS-THE (Innerst 1989) also sho
Page 35 and 36: Barry Blyth is doing some of the mo
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Page 43 and 44: Magnificent burnished amethyst with
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(Black 1993), a personal favorite o
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NEGLECTAS: The new standard by whic
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‘Gyro’ (Aitken), and has a silk
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Song’ (Black), with ochre standar
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SPURIAS I’m just now beginning to
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Also at Marie “Nightingale” Cai
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show bench, consistently opening 3
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velvet-smooth falls colored in a ri
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uffles) are carved into the flower
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PLICATAS: Of course, the Iris World
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GODSEND (Byers 1989) is a soft ‘B
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of color. With a pedigree that is h
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and generously sent me a start agai
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Patrol’. It has the same quality
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REDS TO MAROONS: TALL BEARDEDS BY C
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BLACK TIE AFFAIR (Schreiner 1993) i
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(Tompkins) is WINNER TAKE ALL (Erns
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amidst the white ocean spray. Husky
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STANDARD DWARF BEARDEDS: LOVIN’ S
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The American review concludes this
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I began Contemporary Views after th
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Runnersup: IT’S MAGIC (Maryott 19
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health of the plant, strong stalks,
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TALL BEARDEDS BY COLOR GROUP REDS T
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this shade of blue which the Schrei
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POTPOURRI: The category when I can
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give an even stronger appearance. D
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SNOW SEASON (E. Jones 1993) is a ge
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Paragraph 1. Then, Fool: Noun. A si
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2. The L’ELEGANTE AWARD goes to t
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statement that can be said of a war
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BROWNS: Larry Lauer, California, is
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leathery substance. ELECTRIC SHOCK
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the market. TWO SIDED COIN (Ernst 1
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MINI WABASH (Probst 1996) is a clev
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standards under control (S.S. stand
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SPURIAS A trio from Jenkins have pe
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agreed. Purest white, broad and ful
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or so, in my opinion. Clean, clear
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BROWNS: WHIPPED HONEY (Jameson 1996
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it makes! ABIDING JOY (Sutton 1997)
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Based on the name, you might think
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MEDIANS BY CLASSIFICATION MINIATURE
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many hybridizers, and I fully belie
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LOUISIANAS FROSTED MOONBEAM (Pryor
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Runnersup: ANNUITY (Kegerise 2001)
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5. The DARK HORSE AWARD is bestowed
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Beards are bright orange. As you mi
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WHITES: TOUCHED BY ANGELS (Maryott
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Arabian Story), with masculine coff
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BORDER BEARDEDS: CHRISTIANA BAKER (
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MINIATURE DWARF BEARDEDS SELF EVIDE
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Princess’ (Schreiner) and Dykes M
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Runnersup: SYMPHONY OF LIGHT (Meini
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6. PICK OF THE LITTER AWARD -- to t
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CLASSICS: ORANGE CHARIOT (Fay 1964)
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WHITES to CREAMS: DEVONSHIRE CREAM
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PICKLEDILLY (L. Painter 2004) is an
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BRAVE FACE (Ghio 2002) was one of t
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the centers of the petals to the si
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LARRY’S GIRL (Markham 2002), Firs
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TWILIGHT PASSAGE (T. Aitken 1998) i
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STANDARD DWARF BEARDEDS: ATTACK CAT
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even lighter as the flower ages. Th
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to the freshness of the flower. Pla
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‘Aztec Sun’ (1982), with intens
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00-181A (Merle Roberts): Impressive
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lavender, with a lighter area in th
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multiple blossom for the iris show
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acceptable stalks. A very dignified
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A trio from France are most worthy,
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habits impressive and healthy. Stal
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at convention - a rare feat at nati
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ATTENDANT (T. Johnson 2004) is a ma
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from its parent, ‘Gladiator’s G
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PROVENCE (Baumunk 2006) is a delici
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with a huge clump in the master pla
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outstanding form with moderate ruff
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impressively resistant to waterspot
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eards. It is somewhat short but has
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CLASSICS: IN TEMPO (Blyth 1974); LA
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SPACE AGERS: Medians: Quality black
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VARIEGATED FOLIAGE: Only one new on
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To be a “wash”, it carries its
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ARILBREDS A trio of arilbred-median
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infusions of buff and amber. The co
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