From the iris notes mom and Grandma Lillie kept, 1930s to ’40s.
2. Alta California
Gran wrote, “48-in bronzy yellow,” in 1939.
From Carl Salbach’s catalog for 1936: “First in the series of Sydney B. Mitchell triumphs in breeding for yellows, Alta California still holds its place as one of the most worth-while and sensational iris grown. It is tallest of all the new yellow iris and its branching qualifies it for “A” rating either as an individual stalk or as mass bloom.”
From Cooley’s Gardens catalog for 1937: “Standards of clear yellow, falls of deep yellow, faintly bronzed. One of the tallest of all irises, very popular among the new yellows, a reliable performer in Minnesota as well as New England and California. The large blossoms are of firm smooth texture, produced on splendid stems.”
Hybridized by Mohr–Mitchell in 1931.
Things mom saved. 