Hello everyone! Since we can't meet at Presby, I'll bring a little Presby to you. Here are some photos that I took of the historics and I'll later post the small number of moderns that were in bloom.

ACROPOLE, TB, Ferdinand Cayeux 1939


ALIQUIPPA, TB, Charles Hall 1924



APROPOS, TB, Sanford Babson 1964


ART OF RAPHAEL, TB, Lloyd Zurbrigg 1979





AT DAWNING, TB, James Kirkland 1935





ATTENTION PLEASE, TB, Hubert C. Mohr 1974



AUTUMN SUNSET, TB, E. Greig Laphap 1939



BALMUNG, TB, Hans Peter Sass 1939





BANG, TB, Tom Craig 1955



BAYBERRY CANDLE, TB, Caroline DeForest 1969



BLACK BEAUTY & PICADOR, TBs, James Kirland 1934 & Benjamin Morrison 1928


BLACK WINGS, TB, James Kirkland 1930



BLUE CHINTZ, TB, Frank Burton 1928



BLUE FLUTE, BB, Harry Kuesel 1963



BLUE SERENE, TB, Jesse Wills 1953





BRISING, TB, Goos & Koenemann 1930



CAMELIARD, TB, Grace Sturtevant 1927



CAROLINE E. STRINGER, TB, Jacob Sass 1924




CASHMERE, TB, Orville Fay 1959



CASSELMAN Sdlg. #240050, TB, Arthur Casselman



CAYENNE CAPERS, TB, James Gibson 1959



CHALICE, TB, Grace Sturtevant 1924



CHAMPAGNE ELEGANCE, TB, O. David Niswonger 1987



CHERIE, TB, David Hall 1948



CHERRY FLIP, TB, Schreiner 1951


CHINA MAID, TB, Carl Miliken 1936



CHRISTABEL, TB, E. Greig Lapham 1936



CINNABAR, TB, Edward B. Williamson 1928



CLARA NOYES, TB, Hans Peter Sass 1930


COLOR CARNIVAL, TB, Fred DeForest 1949



COPPER FRILLS, TB, Agnes Whiting 1941


CORAL CHALICE, TB, O. David Niswonger 1983


CRYSTAL GLITTERS, TB, Schreiner's 1985


DA CAPO, TB, Lloyd Zurbrigg 1960



DON JUAN, TB, Ferdinand Cayeux 1928


DR. BERNICE, TB, Hooper & Co. 1863



EASTMONT, TB, Gordon Plough 1956


ENCHANTED CLOUD, TB, Rex Brown 1971



FOURTH OF JULY, TB, Clifford Reynolds 1962



FRA ANGELICO, TB, Vilmorin Andrieux et Cie 1926




FRECKLES, TB, Joseph Becherer 1941



FRESH FACE, SDB, Anthony & Dorothy Willott 1978



GLACIER, TB, Jean Cayeux 1962



GOLD STREAM, TB, Violet Edlmann / Lady Collett 1929



GOLDBEATER, TB, Rudolph Kleinsorge 1944



GOOD SHOW, TB, Ben Hager 1988



GYPSY BARON, TB, Schreiner's 1941


HARVEST SPLENDOR, TB, Rudolph Kleinsorge 1956


HÉLIOS, TB, Ferdinand Cayeux 1929




HOOSIER SUNRISE, TB, E. Greig Lapham 1940



INDIAN HILLS, TB, Dr. Henry Grant 1935


ISTRIA, TB, William R. Dykes 1922



JERRY, TB, E. Greig Lapham, 1933



JOYANCE, TB, Kathrine Dykes 1929




KING JUBA, TB, Hans Peter Sass 1931




KING TUT, TB, Hans Peter Sass 1926



LATIN ROCK, TB, Schreiner's 1984



LINDORA, TB, Sass Brothers 1950





LITTLE SHOWOFF, SDB, Earl Hall 1989



LORD BALTIMORE, TB, Dr. Charlie Nearpass 1969



MAIRE PINEL, TB, Jean Collins 1968



MAJENICA, TB, Paul Cook 1941



MANYUSYA, TB, Jacob Sass 1944



MAROON DAMASK, TB, Rudolph Kleinsorge 1945



MARY PICKFORD, TB, Cliff Benson 1959



MARY VERNON, TB, William McKee 1941



MATTIE GATES, TB, Henry Sass 1945



MAY ALLISON, TB, Mary Allison 1920


MIDGARD, TB, Hans Peter Sass 1926



MIDWEST, TB, Hans Peter Sass 1922



MONTSERRAT, TB, Benjamin Morrison 1923





MOUNT TIMP, TB, Tell Muhlestein 1945






MULBERRY ROSE, TB, Schreiner's 1941



NIGHT HAWK, TB, Cliff Benson 1973



OPALINE, TB, Edward B. Williamson 1928



PALOMINO, TB, David Hall 1951



PARADISE PINK, TB, E. Greig Lapham 1950



PINK JADU, TB, Grace Sturtevant 1931



PRELUDE, TB, Grace Sturtevant 1933



PRETTY PANSY, TB, Henry Sass 1949



PRINCESS ROYAL, TB, Thomas Smith 1902



PROPHECY, TB, Joesph Ghio 1970



PROSPERO, TB, George Yeld 1920



QUAKER LADY, TB, Bertrand Farr 1909


QUEEN CATERINA, TB, Grace Sturtevant 1918




RASPBERRY RIBBON, TB, Schreiner's 1951



RED CLOUD, TB, Bertrand Farr 1913



REFRESHING, TB, Joseph Hoage 1972



RHAGES, TB, Franklin Mead by John Riedel 1934




ROMEO, TB, Millet et Fils 1912


ROSE AMETHYST, TB, Rudolph Kleinsorge 1957



ROSE MARIE, TB, Ferdinand Cayeux 1929



ROSY WINGS, TB, L. Merton Gage 1935



ROYAL COACH, TB, Hans Peter Sass 1939



RUTH OF MOAB, TB, Bernice Miller 1973



SHASTA, TB, William Mohr & Sydney Mitchell 1927



SNOW GODDESS, Joseph Bercherer 1955



SPARTAN, TB, Schreiner's 1973



SPLASH O' WINE, TB, Robert Vogel 1973


STARBUST, TB, Chet Tompkins 1967



STARDOM, TB, David Hall 1941



STILL NIGHT, TB, Jean Stevens 1955



STUDY IN BLACK, TB, Gordon Plough 1968



TANGO, TB, Sass Brothers 1954




TENNISON RIDGE, TB, James Begley by James McWhirter 1989



U-TURN, SDB, Carl Boswell 1991



VELVET GLOW, IB, Alta Brown by Jack Boushay 1975



VIOLET SUPREME, TB, Lloyd Zurbrigg 1971



VIRGINIA MOORE, TB, James Marion Shull 1920



VOLTIGEUR, Ferdinand Cayeux 1934



WACONDA, TB, Henry Peter Sass 1930




WALHALLA, IB, Goos & Koenemann 1908


WHITE CITY, TB, Olive Murrel 1939


WINNER'S CIRCLE, TB, Gordon Plough 1972



ZEBULON, TB, Ella Callis 1941

Lots of lovely ones. Thanks!

Technical difficulties. They should all be there now.

Fantastic history of bearded irises!

Neat trip down memory lane. I grew some in my early collections. Remember the NYC National in l970 for the 50th Annivsersary of the AIS founding. Everything was perfect, the weather, peak bloom and unbelievable estate gardens, especially the Kenneth Smith garden in Staten Isl. looking out to the Statue of Liberty to Wall St. area of NYC. We visited Presby with Barbara Walthers holding court. Here actually saw irises I just knew thru pedigrees. But the surprise to me was to find GOLDFISH, a 1924 introduction. It amazing, pinkish yellow with a TANGERINE beard! It was never recognized for the significant break it was. It wouldn't be some 20 years later that David Hall broke thru with his "flamingo" pink with tangerine beards. This would have occurred 20 years earlier if they had "discover" GOLDFISH when it made its debut.

I sure enjoyed your post of historics. There are some I'd love to add to my historic collection.

Carlos, thanks for posting so many beauties. Your pictures verified for me that my Art of Raphael is correct. The description always threw me off.

I am in love with U-Turn.

BrightonPark said:

COPPER FRILLS, TB, Agnes Whiting 1941


FOURTH OF JULY, TB, Clifford Reynolds 1962



U-TURN, SDB, Carl Boswell 1991



WINNER'S CIRCLE, TB, Gordon Plough 1972

That is a beautiful collection. These are my favourites .

Thank you Carlos for your posting - plenty to love and also to research. Nice to see Jean Stevens (NZ) represented. I know you've had input with an iris (mainly historic) blog site here, one I consult often.

Robin, nice picks, I have Winners Circle because of your recommendation! Not sure it will bloom next season but will be worth the wait, love it

U-turn definitely caught my eye too.

As Lucy says "a fantastic history". I'm looking forward to the next horrible weather day (indoors) for a leisurely look

Carlos for posting so many lovely historic irises!

I only have a few of them, but try to add more historics each year. I love them and think they should be preserved, which means someone has to grow them, right? Civil duty really...


I'm also in love with U-turn.

Yes, U-Turn caught my eye, also.
Thanks for the iris tour. So many I've never seen or heard of before now. They have a simple grace to themselves.

I love the historics.