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Title: 1960 Cooley's Gardens
Identifier: 1960cooleysgarde1960cool (find matches)
Year: 1960 (1960s)
Authors: Cooley's Gardens; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Irises (Plants) Catalogs
Publisher: Silverton, Ore. : Cooley's Gardens
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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BIG GAME (Fay, '54) Each $5.00 A self of the deepest shade of violet. Usually has three huge flow- ers open at one time on the straight, 38-inch stems. Since it pro- duces from 12 to 15 blooms per stem it has an extra long flower- ing season. HM AIS, 1954; AM, 1958. BIG TIME (Lapham,'51) Each $1.50 This is a big new deep red with a rosy cast in the standards. Falls are velvety and appear almost black-red in certain lights. Hafts are brownish and the beard is bronzy orange-yellow. Huge in size and a good grower. SVi feet, well branched. BIG UTE fWa//ace, '54) Each $3.50 A giant, broad petaled deep blend of mahogany and burgundy- red. There is a suggestion of a dark blue blaze on the falls just below the beard. Rich bronze-orange beard. HM AIS, 1955. Color illustration on page 34. BLACK BELLE (Stevens, '51) Each $1.50 A self of richest black velvet with a cast of ruby-red; not tall but produces a wealth of gorgeous and perfect- ly formed flowers. 32 inches.
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BLACK CASTLE (Schreiner, '53) Each $2.00 .As Dave Hall has become famous for pinks, the Schreiners have been foremost in the production of blacks. Here is one they des- cribe as having reached "almost the limit of this coloring" and very close to jet. The orange beard is indescribably rich. 32 inches. See page 19. BLACK FOREST (Schreiner, '45) Each 75c; 3 for $2.00 "Black as pitch" says the introducer. A rich, silky ebony-bliie- black, the effect of which is intensified by a very solid haft and a blackish blue beard. Medium in height, with flaring falls. HM AIS, 1946; AM. 1948. Shown on page 27. BLACK HILLS (Fay, '51) Each $1.50; 3 for $4.00 A very tall ebony-black Iris with lots of bloom, widely spaced on the stem. W'e have grown it to a height of 4 feet. Just about the same depth as Black Forest, larger, and twice the stature. AM AIS, 1954. Illustrated on page 39. (11)

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