(TB) 'Gabriel's Horn'

1958, Sass

'Gabriel's Horn' (Graham for Sass Brothers, R. 1957). TB, 36" (91 cm). Midseason bloom. Color Class-Y1D, Saffron-yellow self, heavy beard. Unknown parentage. Melrose, El Dorado 1958. Honorable Mention 1958.

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From Melrose Gardens catalog, 1958: GABRIEL'S HORN (H. E. Sass- H. Graham) 40". A symphonic sweep of color envelops the spring garden; great chords of harmonious blends; clean pastel melodies; sharp fluting blues; the blare of brassy tones in counterpoint to the dark sonorous colors; but above it all, clear and bright, the trumpet call of GABRIEL'S HORN. Through the deep velvet pile of the wide flaring falls and out of the wavy domed standards glows a full voiced orange yellow and the overtones glitter and sparkle in the sun. An iris that is so beautiful and radiant that it will become an actual experience in your spring garden. Mr. Henry Sass thinks that this iris is by far the best yellow ever to come from his famous gardens where such all time great yellows as OLA KALA, MATTIE GATES, and SOLAR MAID were originated. $25.00

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