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Cornell Extension Bulletin iI 



BARON JOSEPH HULOT Originator — hemoine 



Group — Lemoinei 

 Stock from Dreer ; Gage 

 Synonyms — Also written Josef Hulot. This variety has often been erroneously 

 given as a synonym of Blue Jay (Groff); Blue Jay (Childs) is, however, a 



synonym. 



Bloom — Medium size (8-9 cm.). 

 Tube curved, slender, long. Seg- 

 ments unequal, connivent; the 

 upper horizontal and narrow, 

 the lower reflexed and narrow. 

 Stamen filaments lilac; styles 

 whitish. Perianth velvety pur- 

 ple with lemon-yellow (21-11) 

 dash on medial lines of lower 

 segments. Resembles Heliotrope 

 except that Heliotrope has red 

 dashes on lower segments, while 

 Baron Joseph Hulot has lemon- 

 yellow dashes. The pollen shed 

 on the dark velvety segments 

 causes them to appear 

 shabby. 



Season — Mid-August to late August; 

 82 to 95 days. 



Spike — Medium tall (80 cm.), erect, 

 often curved, blooms freely. 



Habit — Drooping, medium height, 

 spreading. 



Growth — Vigorous ; plant well fur- 

 nished with narrow leaves. 



Corms — Medium size; cormels, few. 



BEACON FIRE 



Originator — Christy 

 Group — 



Stock from Christy 

 Bloom — Medium size (9 cm.). Tube 

 curved, medium slender, medium 

 short. Segments unequal, con- 

 nivent ; the upper horizontal and 

 broad, the lower reflexed and 

 narrower. Stamen filaments red ; 

 anthers red- violet. Perianth 

 cherry-red (91-iv) with drab 

 feathering and drab-red inter- 

 mixtures in the throat. Almost 

 a self color, excellent, deep, 

 the blotch not contrasting. 

 Bloom compact and of good 

 substance. 

 Season — Mid-season to late, late 



August; 112 days. 

 Spike — Medium tall (85 cm.), erect, 

 a fair number of blooms (16), branched. Two spikes often appear per corm, as 

 well as many suckers. 

 Habit — Erect, medium tall, rather compact. 



Growth — Vigorous; plant well furnished with medium broad leaves. 

 Corms — -Medium size; cormels, many. 



Fig. 40. BARON JOSEPH HULOT 



