■(TB) 'Tonalea'
1959, DeForest
'Tonalea' (Fred DeForest, R. 1955 for 1956). Seedling# 55-33. TB, 38" (97 cm), Midseason bloom. Standards Brazil red (Ridgway), falls darker. Seedling# 50-57 X 'Pacemaker'. Irisnoll 1959. Honorable Mention 1960.
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| TONALEA (DeForest 1959). An exceptionally nice deep red of unusual size, excellent form, and good substance. The falls are definitely darker in tone than the standards. [Ralph and Helen Lewis, “Irises From North Carolina’s Coastal Plains to the Foot of Pikes Peak,” The Bulletin of the American Iris Society, No. 167 (October 1962): 89.] |
| Historic Iris Preservation Society gallery link. |
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