Yellows 
__ Some will say we have enough yellows. True, we have a great many fine yellows, but there 
will always be room tor better ones at the top. There are still some shades of yellow which 
are lacking in the iris rainbow. We can always use a really different yellow—something richer 
in color, superior in form, substance, or with better growing habits. Ruffling adds to any flower 
—perhaps Chantilly or Gold Ruffles will help to produce new and unusual yellows. Already 
Golden Eagle and Zantha have proven fine parents—golden Eagle for the smoothness it gives 
its children and Zantha has produced that delightful new yellow and white combination with 
ruffling: Truly Yours. Zantha may lack substance in itself, as perhaps does Golden Eagle but 
they have, surely, the ability to produce seedlings adequate in this respect, or even superior. 
Ola Kala, Cloth of Gold, Admiration, Berkeley Gold, Golden Ruffles and Illinois Sunshine all 
seem to be very fine iris and all should hold promise as breeders. Ola Kala, | have found, 
throws rather small seedlings—especially when used as pollen parent. | have seen some very 
good things where it is the pod parent, however. Golden Ruffles has re‘used to set seed for 
me and has no pollen—so it is probably of some upset number of chromosomes. | would suggest 
using Baghdad pollen on it for Baghdad seems to have the most potent pollen of any iris | 
have ever used. Sunny Ruffles, Aglowing, and Goldbeater should be fine parents in this color 
class, and if you want ruffling use Chantilly, Gold Ruffles, Midwest Gem, or Pale Primrose. 
Arcadia Buttercup looked very bright and smooth on first year plants last year. Moontide 
| think of in terms of breeding for oranges, but it belongs here and is a tall, well branched 
wide clean deep yellow with quality written all over it. My new Yellow Tower is somewhat 
reminiscent of Moontide, but in a lighter shade—it should be useful for many colors—pinks, 
salmons, oranges, blends, etc. Orangeman should be here, also, and yet | keep thinking of it 
in terms of breeding oranges—a bright garden subject, too. Acadia, Damascus, and Pale 
Primrose not to be overlooked. 
Oranges 
Already mentioned are some fine yellows that have Orange blood, these nearly all contain 
Naranja blood: Moontide, Orangeman, Damascus, Tiffanja, Goldbeater, Orange Gem, Rocket, 
Prince of Orange, Ella Callis, Top Score, Orange Flare, and Symbol. Perhaps here, Mexico and 
Jasmine may be useful in this color as would Ola Kala. Carl Larsen produced a large orange 
self from Ola Kala x Garden Glory and the surprising thing is that the stalks have height. 
Coloratura and Treva may be useful, too, in this color. But | have often said that our true 
oranges may possibly come from the new strain of Shell pinks with ‘'those'' beards. Here 
Leilani, Salmon Shell, Pink Salmon, Melitza, Spindrift, Premier Peach, and like blood will do the 
trick. Gay Orchid (coming as it does from so much of the Sass' and Loomis’ iris throws these 
colors. It is the parent of the smooth Apricot Glory which | will introduce next year, the beard 
is of the same general color as the flower. From a sister to the "Lost Chord pink,'' | wrote about 
in 1947—coming from Gold Ruffles x 45-64-lA: Alice Harding x Dr. Loomis' Type Dore—a Sea 
Shell seedling, crossed with Pink Formal there were several salmon pinks, orange-yellows, and 
pinks—even Orchids and blends, so one can see the possibilitis of oranges, at least, from this 
blood. 
Creams 
This is a very important color in the garden picture—especially useful for calming down 
"loud" colors. There are a number of good creams: Snoqualmie, Amandine, Carved Ivory, 
Ruffled Bouquet (really a bi-color), Desert Song, Creamo, and perhaps Golden Treasure and 
Ivory Charm should go here as well. One that impressed us last year was Walter Welch's 
Haughty—a clean flower of fine proportions. We grew Mrs. Pullar's Patricia Joyce and have 
decided to introduce it this year—another fine Purissima seedling to add to its already well 
known posterity. Patricia Joyce is, without doubt, the smoothest cream | have ever seen or 
grown. It can be seen from this list that almost without exception these have come through 
white bloodlines used with yellow. Mr. Naylor of Salt Lake City exhibited his new seedling, 
now named Moonlight Serenade, out of Snow Flurry x Hall's 42-10, last season at the Salt Lake 
City iris show and its color might belong here, although | thought of it as a lemon-cream, but 
whatever the color it was delightful. 42-10, its one parent, being a seedling of Golden Eagle 
supplied the yellow gene here, as well as smoothness, a width to the petals that was delightful 
as well as fine branching, whereas Snow Flurry seemed to furnish a ruffling and character to the 
flower difficult to describe, together, no doubt, vigor and height. Needless to say this flower 
and its sisters, should be useful for breeding creams as well as whites, pinks, and other colors. 
Mulberry 
This class could be widened. In it we would place: Master Charles, Purple Moor, perhaps 
even The Red Douglas, Burgundy Rose, Story Time and in the lighter tones Mulberry Rose and 
Ventura. Elmohr still stands supreme. 
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