Iowa Hybridizers

Iowa has been home to many iris hybridizers.

Alphabetical List

1. Lola Ayers Sioux City, Iowa, USA
2. Pansy Barnes (1885 1956) Shenandoah, Iowa, USA
3. L. N. & F. W. Cairy Eagle Gardens Eagle Grove, Iowa, USA
4. Ethel Winona May Christenson (1911-1987) Marcus, Cherokee County, Iowa, USA
5. Brad Collins Cummings, Iowa, USA
6. Mrs. O. J. Conery Waterloo, Iowa, USA
7. Pat Cory Maxwell, Iowa, USA
8. Lawrence Craig (1897-1967) Salix, Iowa, USA
9. Leota Dailey (1917-1980) Sioux City, Iowa, USA
10. George Wesley Dubes (1892-1969) Sioux City, Iowa, USA
11. Craig Ellyson Waterloo, Iowa, USA
12. E. A. Emery (1892-1966) Sioux City, Iowa, USA
13. Bertrand Farr (1848-1924)
14. Robert Flick Sioux City, Iowa
15. Richard Freund Dubuque, Iowa, USA
16. Ortha Green Promise City, Iowa, USA
17. Grace Guenther (Mrs. John) Sioux City, Iowa, USA
18. Henry Field Seed Company Shenandoah, Iowa, USA
19. Christine Hoffman Des Moines, Iowa, USA
20. Evelyn Homer Mapleton, Iowa, USA - Which is the correct one?
21. Evelyn Horner Mapleton, Iowa, USA - Which is the correct one?
22. Harry Garfield Huntington (1880-1944) Onawa, Iowa, USA
23. Susie Kammer Glenwood, Iowa, USA
24. Mrs. Lage Waveland, Iowa, USA
25. Art Leland Sioux City, Iowa, USA
26. Hazel Metcalf Hornick, Iowa, USA
27. Leonard Michel Ames, Iowa, USA
28. Dr. Glenn Saxton Millice (1883-1968) Battle Creek, Iowa, USA
29. Kelly Norris Bedford, Iowa, USA
30. Charles Oshlo Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA
31. Mary Peck Sioux City, Iowa, USA
32. W. H. Radschlag Spirit Lake, Iowa, USA
33. Robert Rakow Sioux City, Iowa, USA
34. Hazel Bryon Recknor (1897-1960), Mrs. Earl F. Creston, Iowa, USA
35. Ethel Ricker (Mrs. Ralph) Sioux City, Iowa, USA
36. Mrs. Esperance Rushing Moravia, Iowa, USA
37. Horace Sawyer Shenandoah, Iowa, USA
38. Elmer Curtis Shuber (1871-1937) Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa, USA
39. N. C. Slothower Sioux City, Iowa, USA
40. William Simon Snyder (1873-1959) Sioux City, Iowa, USA
41. Fred Spahn Dubuque, Iowa, USA
42. Tim Stanek Glenwood, Iowa, USA
43. B. N. Stephenson Sioux City, Iowa, USA
44. Vanita Stuhlsatz Oslaloosa, Iowa, USA
45. Sarah Toedt (1881-1953) Springtime Gardens, Hamburg, Iowa, USA.
46. Chester W. (Chet) Tompkins -- (1912-2001) Canby, Oregon, USA, formerly Sioux City, Iowa, USA until 1955
47. C. O. Torkelson Ames, Iowa, USA
48. Agnes Whiting (1894 - 1966) Mapleton, Iowa, USA
49. Robert R. Young (1896-1967) Sioux City, Iowa, USA/Lompoc, California, USA

How to Check for New Hybridizers

This search is a way of finding Iowa hybridizers, scientists, and notables. It currently (12/6/2021) locates 54 people (55 entries). The current results have been inserted below as a way to work on this page. Please use it to add to the above list, create a link to the hybridizer in the above list, and then remove the hybridizer from the below results. Note: Because of changes in the search function, this search no longer works (12/14/24). Please leave the below search for historical reference now.

HybridizerBarnesPansy

… (1885 1956) Shenandoah, Iowa, USA Intermediate Bearded: ' …

r2 - 09 Dec 2017 - 16:47 by DavidPotembski

HybridizerBrooksLE

Hybridizer L. E. Brooks Iowa Park, Texas, USA … Not Iowa

r2 - 01 Feb 2015 - 21:40 by BetsyHiggins

HybridizerCairyLNFW

… , Eagle Gardens Eagle Grove, Iowa, USA Registrations/ …

r5 - 20 Jan 2016 - 20:54 by BetsyHiggins

HybridizerChristensenEthel

… )¹ Marcus, Cherokee County, Iowa, USA (AIS Region 21) …

r3 - 15 Jan 2019 - 19:49 by DavidPotembski

HybridizerConeryMrsOJ

… Mrs. O. J. Conery Waterloo, Iowa, USA Registrations/ …

NEW - 03 Nov 2015 - 01:10 by Harloiris

HybridizerCoryPat

Hybridizer Pat Cory Maxwell, Iowa, USA Registrations/ …

r2 - 23 Oct 2015 - 04:39 by Harloiris

HybridizerCraigLawrence

… Craig (1897 1967) Salix, Iowa, USA Registrations/ … died Friday at an Onawa, Iowa, hospital following a brief … , Joseph C. Craig of Clinton, Iowa; a daughter, Mrs. Cecile …

r2 - 17 Jul 2021 - 12:00 by DavidPotembski

HybridizerDaileyLeota

… (1917 1980) Sioux City, Iowa, USA (A.I.S. Region 21) …

r4 - 05 Jan 2021 - 16:55 by WayneMesser

HybridizerDubesGeorge

… Dubes (1892 1969) Sioux City, Iowa, USA (AIS Region 21) The many …

r6 - 04 Jan 2019 - 16:28 by DavidPotembski

HybridizerEllysonCraig

… Craig Ellyson Waterloo, Iowa, USA Registrations/ …

NEW - 01 Aug 2015 - 14:28 by BetsyHiggins

HybridizerEmeryEA

… Emery (1892 1966) Sioux City, Iowa, USA E. A. EMERY "Ernie" …

r6 - 30 Dec 2018 - 14:22 by DavidPotembski

HybridizerFarrBertrand

… a great part of his life in Iowa and the final part of it in …

r23 - 06 Nov 2021 - 09:48 by DavidPotembski

HybridizerFlickRobert

… Robert Flick Sioux City, Iowa Registrations, Introductions …

NEW - 13 Sep 2015 - 15:58 by BetsyHiggins

HybridizerFreundRichard

… Richard Freund Dubuque, Iowa, USA Registrations/ …

r2 - 14 Sep 2015 - 18:07 by BetsyHiggins

HybridizerGreenOrtha

… Ortha Green Promise City, Iowa, USA Registrations/ …

r5 - 10 Dec 2015 - 01:18 by Harloiris

HybridizerGuentherGrace

… (Mrs. John) Sioux City, Iowa, USA Registrations/ …

r6 - 17 Dec 2015 - 20:18 by Harloiris

HybridizerHenryFieldSeedCompany

… Seed Company Shenandoah, Iowa, USA Registrations/ …

NEW - 16 Jan 2016 - 00:51 by Harloiris

HybridizerHoffmanChristine

… Christine Hoffman Des Moines, Iowa, USA Registrations/ …

NEW - 12 Oct 2015 - 17:58 by BetsyHiggins

HybridizerHomerEvelyn

… Evelyn Homer Mapleton, Iowa, USA Registrations/ …

NEW - 05 Aug 2015 - 14:20 by BetsyHiggins

HybridizerHornerE

… : Evelyn Horner Mapleton, Iowa, USA Registrations/ …

r2 - 03 Aug 2015 - 14:26 by Harloiris

HybridizerHuntingtonHG

… (1880 1944)¹ Onawa, Iowa, USA Registrations/ … State Historical Society of Iowa; Des Moines, Iowa; Iowa Death … Records. Ancestry.com. Iowa, Death Records, 1920 1967 …

r2 - 27 Sep 2020 - 12:40 by DavidPotembski

HybridizerKammerSusie

… Susie Kammer Glenwood, Iowa, USA Registrations/ …

r3 - 13 May 2015 - 21:41 by BetsyHiggins

HybridizerKleinsorge

… yearsHe was born in Waterloo, Iowa, September 26th, 1883. His … attended the University of Iowa where he received his B.A. in … in the Medical School at Iowa University from 1904 to 1909 … - Not Iowa

r27 - 30 Sep 2020 - 14:18 by Pamina

HybridizerLageMrs

… : Mrs. Lage Waveland, Iowa, USA Registrations/ …

NEW - 26 Jul 2015 - 22:16 by Harloiris

HybridizerLelandArt

… Art Leland Sioux City, Iowa, USA Registrations/ …

r4 - 19 Jun 2015 - 19:05 by BetsyHiggins

HybridizerLongJD

… D." was born near Mason City, Iowa, in 1873. Here he attended a … his lungs could not stand the Iowa climate so he transferred to … Not Iowa

NEW - 18 Jan 2014 - 18:24 by DavidPotembski

HybridizerMaximPaul

… (Born Nov. 2nd 1894 in Iowa, died in Redding, Ca in 1978 … Not Iowa

r6 - 22 Jun 2015 - 16:57 by BetsyHiggins

HybridizerMetcalfHazel

… : Hazel Metcalf Hornick, Iowa, USA Registrations/ …

NEW - 24 Sep 2015 - 02:56 by Harloiris

HybridizerMichelLeonard

… : Leonard Michel Ames, Iowa, USA Tall Bearded: 'Dream On …

r3 - 06 Sep 2015 - 22:20 by Harloiris

HybridizerMilliceGlenn

… (1883 1968) Battle Creek, Iowa, USA (AIS Region 21) Dr. G. S … . Millice of Battle Creek, Iowa, has long been a member of …

r2 - 09 Dec 2017 - 15:30 by DavidPotembski

HybridizerNorrisKelly

… : Kelly Norris Bedford, Iowa, USA (Region 21) …

r4 - 05 Jan 2021 - 17:55 by WayneMesser

HybridizerNortonWH

… )¹ Mount Vernon, Linn County, Iowa Registrations/introductions: … , Redfield, Dallas County, Iowa, USA ; Maintained by Find A …

r2 - 01 Apr 2020 - 17:04 by DavidPotembski

HybridizerOshloC

… Charles Oshlo Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA Registrations/ …

r2 - 29 Jul 2015 - 21:13 by Harloiris

HybridizerPeckMary

… Mary Peck Sioux City, Iowa, USA Registrations/ …

r3 - 05 Jul 2020 - 18:37 by Pamina

HybridizerRadschlagWH

… W. H. Radschlag Spirit Lake, Iowa, USA Registrations/ …

r2 - 06 Apr 2015 - 17:48 by Harloiris

HybridizerRakowRobert

… Robert Rakow Sioux City, Iowa Registrations/Introductions: …

r5 - 23 Dec 2018 - 00:15 by Harloiris

HybridizerRecknorMrsEarl

… 1960)¹, Mrs. Earl F. Creston, Iowa, USA Mrs. Recknor, of Creston … , Iowa, died on February 21, 1960. … widely known in Nebraska and Iowa as an iris grower and …

r5 - 08 Jan 2019 - 18:49 by DavidPotembski

HybridizerRickerEthel

… (Mrs. Ralph) Sioux City, Iowa, USA Registrations/ …

r3 - 04 Jan 2019 - 16:38 by DavidPotembski

HybridizerRushingMrsEsperance

… . Esperance Rushing Moravia, Iowa, USA List of registrations: … : 'Bloomon Funny', 'Miss Iowa', 'Raspberry Fluff', 'Susie's …

r5 - 27 Jul 2015 - 20:24 by BetsyHiggins

HybridizerSawyerHorace

… Horace Sawyer Shenandoah, Iowa, USA Registrations/ …

r3 - 06 Nov 2015 - 18:13 by Harloiris

HybridizerSaxtonDonald

… from Purdue University and Iowa State University. He is an … Not Iowa

r4 - 15 Feb 2018 - 16:10 by DavidPotembski

HybridizerShuberEC

… E. C. Shuber Clinton, Iowa, USA Registrations/ …

r2 - 01 Sep 2015 - 14:22 by BetsyHiggins

HybridizerSlothowerNC

… N. C. Slothower Sioux City, Iowa, USA Registrations/ …

r2 - 17 Dec 2014 - 18:46 by BetsyHiggins

HybridizerSnyderWS

… (1873 1959)¹ Sioux City, Iowa, USA Mr. Snyder, of Sioux … City, Iowa, died on December 29, 1959. … Halcyon Days', 'Insignia', 'Iowa Glory', 'Kamiv', 'Nishnabotna …

r7 - 29 Sep 2020 - 13:21 by Pamina

HybridizerSpahnFred

… Fred Spahn Dubuque, Iowa, USA Registrations/ …

r4 - 23 Nov 2015 - 03:08 by Harloiris

HybridizerStanekTim

… Tim Stanek Glenwood, Iowa, USA Registrations/ …

r3 - 12 Aug 2015 - 20:51 by BetsyHiggins

HybridizerStephensonBN

… B. N. Stephenson Sioux City, Iowa, USA Registrations/ …

r2 - 30 Jul 2015 - 15:19 by BetsyHiggins

HybridizerStuhlsatzVanita

… : Vanita Stuhlsatz Oslaloosa, Iowa, USA Registrations/ …

NEW - 29 Aug 2015 - 20:12 by Harloiris

HybridizerToedtSarah

… Springtime Gardens, Hamburg, Iowa, USA. Registrations/ …

r3 - 30 Sep 2020 - 11:34 by Pamina

HybridizerTompkinsChet

… , USA, formerly Sioux City, Iowa, USA until 1955. Received the …

r91 - 18 Feb 2021 - 22:29 by TerryLaurin

HybridizerTorkelsonC

… C. O. Torkelson Ames, Iowa, USA Registrations/ …

r3 - 29 Nov 2015 - 17:37 by BetsyHiggins

HybridizerWhitingMrsC

… Charles G. Whiting Mapleton, Iowa, USA AGNES WHITING (1894 1966 … where gathered the judges of Iowa and Nebraska and the … Moon' 1944, 'Heath Crest', 'Iowa Maid' 1943, 'Ivory Charm' …

r34 - 08 Nov 2021 - 12:11 by DavidPotembski

HybridizerYoungRobert

… Young (1896 1967) Sioux City, Iowa, USA/Lompoc, California, USA … iris lovers of Nebraska and Iowa. There are many of us who …

r5 - 07 Aug 2017 - 12:18 by BetsyHiggins

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