Hybridizer Chester W. (Chet) Tompkins -- (1912-2001)

Canby, Oregon, USA, formerly Sioux City, Iowa, USA until 1955.

Received the American Iris Society Hybridizer Award in 1962. In Memoriam: Chet Tompkins by Keith Keppel appears in Irises Bulletin, Vol. 82, No. 2 pp 82-83 (April 2001).

Registrations/Introductions:

Arilbred: 'Amohr', 'Arctic Crown', 'Bamboo Belle', 'Bongo Babe', 'Caribbean Sky', 'Dixie Doll', 'Flamboyance', Jugeo', 'Kindly Sky' 1964, 'Lunar Mist' 1953, 'Moon Blossom', 'Prairie Dawn' 1953, Romany Gold', Snowy Skies' 1958,

Border Bearded: 'Baby Talk' 1997, 'Bibbity Bobbity Boo' 1997, 'Calico Kitten' 1995, 'Cat Nap' 1987, 'Courtin' Time' 1987, 'Dearly Do' 1974, 'Earlicot' 1965, 'Echoette' 1961, 'Hot Night' 1993, 'Judie' 1989, 'Little Nell' 1966, 'Little Sir Echo', R.1962, 'Livin' Doll' 1969, 'Pampered Pet' 1970, 'Punch' 1989, 'Sunshine Wine' 1971, 'Valse Petite' 1966, 'Wonderful Child' 1990,

Intermediate Bearded: 'Beautiful Baby', 'Lake Elation' 1961, 'Palace Lantern',

Tall Bearded (A-C): 'Acadia' 1946, 'Added Elegance' 1990, 'Ad Lib' 1960, 'Ad Vantage' 1990, 'Ahoy' 1957, 'Air Bubbles' 1990, 'Allaglow'1958, 'Allegany Moon' 1975, 'Amadeus' 1989, 'Angel' 1973, 'Angel Face' 1953, 'Angel's Touch' 1988, 'Apex' 1947, 'Apollodorus' 1988, 'Apple Cider' 1966, 'Apricot Supreme' 1951, 'April Eve' 1955, 'April Lost' 1986, 'Arctic Crown'1955, 'Aria' 1948, 'Armageddon' 1992, 'Around Town' 1988, 'Arpeggio' 1964, 'Art Craft' 1971, 'Astolat' 1989, 'Atomic Flame' 1994, 'Ave' 1994, 'Ave Maria' 1941, 'Awesome' 1990, 'Azure Flame' 1963, 'Azure Sea' 1993, 'Bad Guys' 1995, 'Baghwan' 1990, 'Balinesian' 1964, 'Ballad', 1949, 'Bamboo Belle' 1958, 'Bandera Waltz' 1983, 'Bandit' 1950, 'Bandwagon' 1963, 'Beau Bright' 1973. 'Beijing' 1989, 'Bermuda High' 1964, 'Berta B' 1958, 'Billowing Dawn' 1998, 'Billy McKee' 1993, 'Bishop's Cloak' 1985, 'Bit O' Honey' 1955, 'Bittersweet Gold' 1986, 'Black Accent' 1995, 'Black Andromeda' 1994, 'Black Falcon', R.1945, 'Black Mass', R.1949, 'Blizzard Bay' 1998, 'Blue Raven' 1960, 'Blue Tatoo' 1963, 'Blushing Butterfly' 1987, 'Bold Pageant' 1952, 'Bolero' 1957, 'Bongo Babe' 1959, 'Brassbound' 1971, 'Breathcatcher' 1994, 'Brigadoon' 1955, 'Brigantine' 1966, 'Bright Brocade' 1952, 'Bright Sight' 1959, 'Bright Sunday', R.1985, 'Brimstone' 1971, 'Brittania' 1949, 'Brocaded Gown' 1988, 'Brook Song' 1964, 'Burmese Dawn' 1975, 'Burning Bright' 1992, 'Buttercup Bower' 1961, 'Bygone Days' 1992, 'Cadenza' 1970, 'Calliope Tune' 1987, 'Camelot Rose' 1965, 'Cameo Coral' 1959, 'Campanula' 1948, 'Candle Power' 1987, 'Candy Counter' 1967, 'Cape Bon' 1945, 'Capistrano', R.1942, 'Captivation' 1949, 'Captured Heart' 1957, 'Caravan' 1949, 'Caribbean Sky' 1953, 'Cartel' 1998, 'Cascade Waters' 1995, 'Catawba Ruby' 1976, 'Chalk Talk' 1970, 'Changing Winds' 1994, 'Chansonette' 1948, 'Charioteer' 1950, 'Charlotte's Child' 1998, 'Charlotte's Web' 1989, 'Checkmate' 1963, 'Cheyenne Days' 1996, 'Cimarron Strip' 1968, 'Cimbay' 1976, 'Clarion Call' 1960, 'Close Up' 1972, 'Cloud Baron' 1971, 'Cloud Country' 1966, 'Cloud Kingdom' 1992, 'Cloud Nine' 1962, 'Coco'1973, 'Cold Fire' 1976, 'Colorcade' 1952, 'Columbia' 1952, 'Comanche Drums' 1985, 'Comanchero' 1963, 'Comforting Thought' 1963, 'Command Performance' 1972, 'Concerto' 1945, 'Confederate Rose' 1996, 'Consolation' 1950, 'Cool Comfort' 1958, 'Cool River' 1967, 'Copper Canyon' 1950, 'Copperclad' 1949, 'Coral Wave' 1965, 'Coronado' 1945, 'Cosmic Dawn' 1987, 'Council Meeting' 1995, 'Courtesy' 1950, 'Crescendo' 1955, 'Crown Point' 1958, 'Crystal Ribbon' 1990, 'Curly McQ' 1967, 'Cynthia Ann' 1988

Tall Bearded (D-I): 'Damascus' 1945, 'Dance Fever' 1988, 'Dancing Deb' 1952, 'Dandelion Days' 1970, 'Dark Fire' 1949, 'Dark Halo' 1956, 'Darktown Strutter' 1975, 'Daydreamer' 1952, 'Deep Dawn' 1964, 'Deep Devotion' 1956, 'Deep Space' 1961, 'Defiance' 1953, 'Deft Touch' 1977, 'Delilah', R.1943, 'Desert Candle' 1959, 'Detonator' 1972, 'Dewberry Dawn' 1994, 'Dew Line' 1997, 'Diplomat' 1966, 'Dirty Coward' 1995, 'Distant Drums' 1967, 'Dixie Doll' 1958, 'Donnybrook' 1961, 'Down Beat' 1956, 'Dreamer's Theme' 1974, 'Druid's Chant' 1997, 'Dulcey' 1968, 'Easy Grace' 1976, 'Easy Street' 1966, 'Ebony Echo' 1948, 'Eenie' 1970, 'Elegant Era' 1986, 'Emissary' 1969, 'Enchanted Land' 1986, 'Endless Love' 1987, 'Enduring' 1994, 'Entity' 1997, 'Escapade' 1952, 'E. T. Cetera' 1991, 'Evening Calm' 1997, 'Ever Thine' 1959, 'Everything Nice' 1956, 'Facsimile' 1990, 'Fancies Flight' 1963, 'Fancy Frosting' 1963, 'Fancy Wrappings' 1995, 'Fantasia' 1942, 'Far Fetched' 1999, 'Fee' 1973, 'Fie' 1973, 'Figure Head' 1996, 'Firebird' 1954, 'Flag Ship' 1960, 'Flamboyance' 1952, 'Flamingo Road', R.1949, 'Flanders', 'Flashback' 1964, 'Fleet Admiral' 1964, 'Flickering Firelight' 1993, 'Foe' 1972, 'Folk Song' 1956, 'Fond Caress' 1957, 'Fooling Around' 1994, 'Fortune's Flame' 1987, 'Foundation' 1995, 'Frank Enstein' 1991, 'Free Wheeler' 1986, 'Frenzy' 1988, 'Fresco' 1957, 'Friendly Days' 1956, 'Frontier Days' 1953, 'Frost Alert' 1989, 'Frosty Frills' 1956, 'Fuji Skies' 1990, 'Full Circle' 1958, 'Full Moon Magic' 1997, 'Full Voltage' 1960, 'Fum' 1972, 'Fun and Games' 1989, 'Fusilier' 1958, 'Gallant Knight' 1953, 'Galway Bay', 1949, 'Gambit' 1973, 'Garden Path' 1969, 'Genesis' 1977, 'Gentian', R.1948, 'Gentility' 1968, 'Gentle Heart' 1971, 'Gentle Persuasion' 1965, 'Gentle Shepherd' 1987, 'Gentle Star' 1960, 'Getup And Go' 1989, 'Gingerbread Castle' 1967, 'Gloxinia', R.1950, 'Goin' Courtin' 1984, 'Golden Mandarin' 1969, 'Golden Scroll' 1994, 'Golden Twilight' 1953, 'Good Behavior' 1993, 'Gossamer Gown' 1997, 'Gossamer Steel' 1969, 'Grand Manner' 1974, 'Grand Rapids' 1966, 'Grand Reserve' 1997, 'Graven Image' 1975, 'Great Day' 1953, 'Greg Garious' 1990, 'Ground Zero' 1998, 'Guiding Star', R.1949, 'Gunslinger' 1995, 'Gypsy Butterfly' 1988, 'Gypsy Heart' 1954, 'Gypsy Mystic' 1993, 'Hallelujah Trail' 1966, 'Hanky Panky' 1989, 'Happy Heart' 1953, 'Happy Laughter' 1957, 'Hawaiian Halo' 1990, 'Head Honcho' 1995, 'Heather Diane' 1991, 'Heavenly Body' 1991, 'Heaven's Edge' 1996, 'Herald Angel' 1961, 'High Barbaree' 1958, 'High Esteem' 1966, 'High Note' 1961, 'High Tension' 1972, 'Holy Toledo' 1991, 'Homer Unn' 1991, 'Honey and Spice', 'Honeyflow' 1944, 'Hot Pinata' 1991, 'Hush-A-Bye' 1955, 'Hushabye Time' 1988, 'Hy Klass' 1990, 'Ice 'N' Lime' 1958, 'Iced Sunshine' 1997, 'Inamorata' 1975, 'Instant Sunshine' 1969, 'Intermezzo', R.1942, 'Intermission' 1989, 'Irish Laughter' 1992, 'Itsa Doozey' 1968, 'Ivory Faun' 1992.

Tall Bearded (J-R): 'Jet Fire' 1964, 'Jigsaw' 1985, 'Joe Vial' 1991, 'Joyous Spring' 1957, 'Jubilation' 1955, 'Jugeo' 1958, 'Jungle Dusk' 1993, 'Just One Look' 1995, 'Justin Tyme' 1990, 'Kwilsena' 1951, 'Lace Ballet' 1986, 'La Golondrina', R.1945, 'Lamplit Hour' 1947, 'Laramie' 1996, Las Vegas Gold' 1968, 'Latticino' 1962, 'Lazy Lagoon' 1963, 'Leo Nyne' 1991, 'Libretto' 1957, 'Lidice', R.1943, 'Light of Heaven' 1999, 'Lilac Breeze' 1987, 'Lilac Vale' 1993, 'Lingering Rainbow' 1993, 'Lingering Sunset' 1965, 'Lithograph' 1974, 'Live Wire' 1952, 'Lonely Sea' 1965, 'Loud Whisper' 1995, 'Lovely Light' 1964, 'Lowell Storm' 1991, 'Lullaby Land' 1988, 'Luna Moth' 1987, 'Lunar Mist' 1953, 'Lute Song' 1960, 'Lux Aeterna' 1975, 'Luxury Lover' 1991, 'Madam Butterfly' 1961, 'Magic Kiss' 1986, 'Magic Mist' 1950, 'Majestic Moonlight' 1988, 'Make Believe Magic' 1994, 'Manana', R.1948, 'Mandarin's Money' 1969, 'Manila Moon' 1952, 'Many Smiles' 1957, 'Marie Fischer' 1961, 'Marsha Kay' 1954, 'Masada' 1984, 'Matador' 1949, Maudie Marie' 1965, 'Mauna Kea' 1991, 'Mayan Magic' 1948, 'Mayan Poppy' 1987, 'Maytime Melody' 1954, 'Meenie' 1970, 'Megabucks' 1990, 'Mello Mood' 1957, 'Messiah' 1999, 'Mexican Moth' 1993, 'Michael Barton', R.1946, 'Midnight Lace' 1987, 'Mile Post' 1963, 'Millennium' 1999, 'Minee' 1970, 'Ming Porcelain' 1989, 'Moe' 1970, 'Moon Blossom', R.1945, 'Moon Drift' 1992, 'Moon Song' 1949, 'Moonlight Mood' 1950, 'Moulin Rouge', 'Mountain Music' 1959, 'Musicale' 1973, 'Mysterious Stranger' 1994, 'Negotiator' 1997, 'New Revue' 1992, 'Nice and Bright' 1989, 'Night Laughter' 1968, 'Night Lightning' 1988, 'Nile Flower' 1987, 'Nova Grande' 1949, 'Old Blue Eyes' 1990, 'Old Time Religion' 1989, 'One Clear Call' 1951, 'Onesforall' 1996, 'Onesforfun' 1996, 'Onesforher' 1996, 'Onesforhim' 1996, 'Onesforme' 1996, 'Onesforu' 1996, 'Opening Verse' 1996, 'Ovation' 1969, 'Pagoda Goddess' 1988, 'Painted Clouds' 1987, 'Painted Porcelain' 1993, 'Palo Duros' 1967, 'Paper Lantern' 1989, 'Password' 1962, 'Password Plus' 1986, 'Pat Rollman' 1991, 'Patchwork' 1954, 'Pay Day' 1962, 'Pearly Waters' 1967, 'Petite Point' 1973, 'Phoenix Fire' 1996, 'Pink Pussycat' 1969, 'Pink-A-Boo' 1954, 'Pipe Dream' 1966, 'Pizzazz' 1969, 'Playing Around' 1994, 'Pleasant Hours' 1956, 'Point Blank' 1971, 'Portent' 1982, 'Post Script' 1965, 'Pot Boiler' 1969, 'Prairie Dawn' 1953, 'Prairie Fire' 1945, 'Pretty Please' 1972, 'Primrose Power', R.1982, 'Princess Pittypat' 1995, 'Privateer' 1954, 'Proud Land' 1970, 'Pulchritude' 1951, 'Quiet World' 1969, 'Quinella' 1974, 'Radiant Bride' 1968, 'RagingTiger' 1992, 'Rampage' 1959, 'Rapture's Edge' 1988, 'Real Glory' 1959, 'Red Ice', R.1941, 'Refrain' 1950, 'Remembered Melody' 1962, 'Rendezvous' 1950, 'Renegade' 1955, 'Restless Rebel' 1997, 'Restless Waves' 1967, 'Revival Meeting' 1990, 'Rhythmic Mood' 1961, 'Ribbon Round' 1963, 'Rimfire' 1960, 'Rio Valley' 1951, 'Rip Snorter' 1990, 'Roman Autumn' 1999, 'Romany Gold' 1959, 'Roulette' 1961, 'Rowdy' 1986, 'Royal Rage' 1991, 'Rumbling Thunder' 1962, 'Runaway Star' 1987,

Tall Bearded (S-Z): 'Sabbath Morn' 1955, 'Salome' 1950, 'Salsa' 1994, 'Sam's Song' 1987, 'Sand Castle' 1974, 'Sapphire Shore' 1968, 'Satin Sound' 1968, 'Satyr's Song' 1973, 'Scarlet Ribbon' 1966, 'Scintillating Lady' 1987, 'Sea Siren' 1998, 'Shadow Waltz' 1962, 'Sheer Bliss' 1987, 'Shining Hour' 1955, 'Shock Wave' 1955, 'Short Cut' 1996, 'Shy Maiden' 1976, 'Silence' 1966, 'Silent Circle' 1999, 'Silent Sky' 1965, 'Silken Sails' 1960, 'Silver Sands' 1967, 'Silver Silence' 1989, 'Silver Song' 1963, 'Silver Sunset' 1958, 'Sky Crown' 1961, 'Sky Kissed' 1975, 'Sky Road' 1997, 'Smash Hit' 1996, 'Smiling Light' 1954, 'Smooth Flow' 1991, 'Snowblush' 1948, 'Snowy Skies' 1958, 'Snowy Throne' 1987, 'So Fresh' 1997, 'Soaring Lark' 1973, 'Soaring Spirit' 1992, 'Soft Singer' 1991, 'Soliloquy' R.1942, 'Something Blue' 1968, 'Something Borrowed' 1968, 'Something New' 1968, 'Something Old' 1968, 'Sonatine' R.1945, 'Sound and Fury' 1989, 'Spartacus' 1973, 'Special Delivery' 1989, 'Splendid Touch' 1998, 'Spring Sharing' 1986, 'Stampede' 1959, 'Stand In' R.1985, 'Star Trek' 1968, 'Starburst' 1968, 'Starkist' 1951, 'Starlit Hour' 1955, 'Starward' 1994, 'Stately Mansions' 1975, 'Steam Heat' 1988, 'Stormy Weather' 1982, 'Strawberry Swirl' 1993, 'Style Master' 1965, 'Sultry Siren' 1975, 'Summer Serenade' 1985, 'Sun Lover' 1988, 'Sunday Silk' 1962, 'Sunlit Silence' 1974, 'Sunshaft' 1971, 'Surrender' 1953, 'Swedish Spring' R.1989, 'Sweet Remembrance' 1994, 'Sweet Talk' 1952, 'Taffeta Tutu' 1992, 'Tamarack Tree' 1974, 'Temptation' 1953, 'Texas Story' 1967, 'The Chocolate Soldier' R.1943, 'The Intruder' 1949, 'Thunder Road' 1964, 'Thunderbird Song' 1993, 'Tickled Pink' 1958, 'Time Lord' 1987, 'Times Square' 1956, 'Tinsel Town' 1967, 'Top Cat' 1998, 'Top Copy' 1998, 'Top Dog' 1998, 'Top Dollar' 1961, 'Top Drawer' 1998, 'Top Notcher' 1998, 'Top Shelf' 1998, 'Torch Song' R.1948, 'Total Obsession' 1993, 'Tour de Force' 1973, 'Treasure Trail' 1965, 'Trillium' 1972, 'Trousseau' 1951, 'Trudy' 1964, 'Truly Blest' 1988, 'Tumbling Mirth' 1974, 'Tunisian Gold' 1947, 'Turn On' 1995, 'Turnabout' 1992, 'Twilight Torch' 1974, 'Twilight Zone' 1963, 'Twyla' 1998, 'Understudy', 'Untamed', 'Up and Coming', 'Uproar', 'Ustinuf', 'Velvet Brass' 1965, 'Velvet Shadows', 'Victorian Valentine', 'Vin Rose', 'Volterra', 'Wall Flower', 'Waltz Time', 'Wanda Wood', 'Wandering Rainbow' 1965, 'War Bonnet', 'War Cry', 'Warp Speed', 'Wayward Angel', 'Wheeler Dealer', 'Whip Lash', 'White Hat Hero', 'White Waters', 'Wild Melody', 'Wild Side', 'Windwalker', 'Windsor' 1946, 'Wing Command' 1948, 'Winged Melody', 'Winter Watch', 'Wits End'.

-- BobPries - 2012-05-18