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(IB) 'Magnate'

1918, Sturtevant

'Magnate' ( Grace Sturtevant, 1918) IB. Midseason bloom. Color Class-B9M. 'Oriflamme' x 'Hector'.

Nursery Listings: Glen Road (Sturtevant) 1918; Sheets 1928; Tip Top (Stuntz) 1937.

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From Glen Road Iris Garden catalog, 1920: MAGNATE. The standards are Light Ageratum Violet, the edges so fluted as to show the center of the bloom; the falls are velvety Mathews Purple (a crimson tone) and the growth is strong and heavy, 30 in. F.C.C.(MHS) 1915. 3.00.
"Standards blue; falls lavender violet. Large flowers on sturdy stalks twenty-four inches high." Longfield Iris Farm catalog 1925.
 
Peckham, E. (Ed.). (1940). Alphabetical iris check list: 1939, (p. 341). The American Iris Society.

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