■(TB) 'Melchior'

1927, Wallace

'Melchior' (R. Wallace & Co., 1927) TB. Midseason bloom. Color Class R7L. Wallace 1927.

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From Treholme Gardens catalog 1931: Melchior (Wallace 1927) E.87, G.88, M. S. 42". S. deep violet, shaded old gold; F. velvety amaranth-purple; bright orange beard. A very large flower of good form and habits, resembling, but with more red than Germaine Perthuis.
MELCHIOR. In many ways this was the outstanding iris blooming in our gardens in 1931. The deep velvet-maroon flowers left nothing to ask for in either size, shape, or all-round iris perfection. My own color description would be "a self of velvety-garnet, with beard of bronze-yellow.” Melchior was introduced in England as an improved MRS. VALERIE WEST, but with us it is distinctly different, and we personally regard it as one of the world's very best. Each $5.00; three for $13.50; ten, $40.00. Cooley's Wholesale pricelist, 1932.

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