(TB) 'Bronze Beacon'

1932, Salbach

'Bronze Beacon' (Carl Salbach, R. 1932) TB. Very late bloom. Color Class S6M. 'Coronado' x 'Glowing Embers'. Salbach 1932.

1949 Checklist, p.59 - Updates bloom season from "MLa" to "VLa".

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From Carl Salbach catalog, 1932: BRONZE BEACON (Salbach 1932). This fine new bronze carries a myriad of rich lustrous flowers on each of its low-branching, 50-inch stalks. The flowers are 6 inches wide by 5 inches tall, of splendid texture which withstands both heat and rain. The velvety Indian lake falls, brown style branches and old gold haft,tipped by the glowing golden bronze standards give the beacon-like attributes to this big iris. It is extremely late and its long blooming period extends the iris season at least a couple of weeks. It is a fine seed bearer. $10.00.
BRONZE BEACON. (Coronado x Glowing Embers). Bicolor, blend. S6M. Salbach 1932. Brief. Long and widely branched; S. flushed vinaceous fawn, dark wire edge; F. deep dahlia purple fading to edge; heart of flower and styles primuline yellow; 4 ft. Details. Foliage tinged at base, also spathes; S. conic; F. drooping; haft reed yellow to white, conspicuous and heavily veined morocco red; beard conspicuous, brownish, orange tipt. Remarks. Reported as very late; a warmer Picador. [R. S. Sturtevant, "Descriptions of Varieties, Part VI", A.I.S. Bulletin 53 (October 1934): 27.]
Nursery listing: Wayman, 1943. Bronze Beacon—32 in. S—lustrous bronze; F—rich dahlia carmine. 0.25c.

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