Rare Edition

IB, 24" (61 cm), Early midseason bloom. Standards mulberry purple to toga solid border, midrib and a few small speckles on white ground; falls white with 1/8" (0.3 cm) stitched edge of standards color; blue-white beard faintly tipped bronze.  

Honorable Mention 1982, Award of Merit 1984, Sass Medal 1986

(Joseph Gatty, R. 1980)