■(TB) 'Black Diamond'

1951, Schreiner

'Black Diamond' (Bernard Schreiner, R. 1950) TB, 34" (86 cm), Midseason bloom. Dark-violet self. 'Black Forest' sibling: (Dymia x Ethiop Queen) x 'Down East'. Schreiner 1951. Honorable Mention 1952

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From AIS Bulletin #121, April 1951. Introducing Black Diamond-(Schreiner 1951) ML 33 in. In size and lustre this iris represents the greatest advance in black iris. The copiously formed ebony blue-black blooms simply glisten with a black silky sheen. Though no taller than Black Forest, the flowers are almost. twice as large. $20.00. Schreiner.
From Schreiner’s Iris catalog, 1952: BLACK DIAMOND (Schreiner 1951 ) ML. 33". FROM A SISTER OF BLACK FOREST x Down East comes this newest advance in black Iris. Though not appreciably taller than Black Forest it is fully 75% larger. Indeed, it is in size and lustre that Black Diamond represents the greatest advance. The copiously formed, heavily substanced, ebony-blue-black blooms simply glisten with a lustrous black-silk sheen that creates a most sumptuous effect. Truly a black diamond to radiate a beauty all its own among the varied jewel-tones of a modern Iris garden. Pictured above. $l5.00.

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