(TB) 'Alameda'

1927, Mohr-Mitchell

'Alameda' ( William Mohr- Sydney B. Mitchell, 1927) TB. Midseason bloom. Color Class W2. ( 'Conquistador' x 'Parisiana') X 'Mme Cheri'. Carl Salbach Irises 1927.

Nurseries (1939 Check List): Berry 1938; Fair Farm 1938; Peckham 1938.

* No recorded registration date found in 1939/1949 Checklists.

(Carl Salbach, 1927) ALAMEDA. On 40-inch stems, low and well but not widely branched, are borne these very large distinct flowers. The white standards are heavily suffused blue violet and the falls both reticulated and irregularly flushed the same color. Striking and differing from any plicata we have ever seen. $10.00.

(Carl Salbach, 1938) ALAMEDA. Just as outstanding and distinct today as when first introduced. Not quite as tall as San Francisco and Los Angeles, but very fine and in such demand that it has been sold out during each of the past two seasons. Standards and falls both heavily suffused blue violet on white; in fact the standards carry so much blue that one could almost describe this part of the flower as blue, suffused white. A profuse bloomer. Midseason. 34-inch. 25c; 3 for 50c.

See below:

• * References

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References:

Carl Salbach (Firm), Salbach, Carl., & Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. (1927). Carl Salbach irises : 1927 [catalog]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/226635
Carl Salbach (Firm), Salbach, Carl., & Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. (1938). German or bearded iris, as well as Dutch, spuria, Japanese and other types, 1938 : Selected seed specialties, also tulips and daffodils. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/282880
Johnson, H. (1952). Introductions by William Mohr, Mohr-Mitchell, Mitchell. Bulletin of the American Iris Society, Vol. 125(April 1952), 13. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58627440

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