Potpourri . . .

Most of you have heard me extol the virtues of the Maid-Rite sandwich which is only available in Iowa and in other states with their border close to that of Iowa. I try to attend the Pollen Dabbers meeting in Marshalltown, IA every year to see Iowa friends, visit our parents' graves and to eat Maid-Rites, not necessarily in that order. Since lunch is on your own on Saturday at the Pollen Dabbers meeting, many of us head to Taylor's Maid-Rite shop, one of the few remaining original stores in the chain.

Also, close to my home town of Colfax, IA, there is a Maid-Rite shop in Newton which is about 10 miles away. A college friend of mine owns it which gives me a good excuse to visit that one also.

I would like to share the following picture with you taken two years ago.

Guess where? Yep, Taylor's Maid-Rite shop in Marshalltown. Lee, Don Lovell and Selwyn Rash, all enjoying a Maid-Rite lunch break at Pollen Dabbers. Can't you see the smile on our faces?

 This picture shows the inside of the Newton, IA Maid-Rite shop. You can see they are not fancy. I have made many visits here beginning way back when I was a kid my parents made their weekly visit to this shop.

For those of you who are not familiar with the Maid-Rite sandwich, I am showing the following picture. Maid-Rites are simply loose hamburger that is steam cooked, not fried. WOW! I heard that a member of our club, Libby Bell, drove an hour out of her way after attending the national in Minnesota just to find a Maid-Rite shop. She ordered one and liked it so well, she ordered a second. Good going, Libby.

Now to the daylily seedlings. I am going to show a few of my favorites.

Seedling 4007 (Red Saphire X Fringy)

Seedling 4020 (Marilyn Morss Johnson X Seedling)

The flower is stunning with both color and form

Seedling 4020 (Angels Gather Around X Fringy)

David Kirchhoff was here when this bloomed. I asked him if it was a double and he said no, it is a sculpted daylily because all of the ruffling is coming from the mid-ribs. Folks, this may fit the AHS definition of sculpted flower, but not mine. To me, a sculpted flower has grooves. How we ever got this form as sculpted, I sure don[t know.

Seedling 4063 (Cimarron Rose X Barbara Mandrell)

Seedling 1004 (Doug's Caress X Camelot Red)

This is one of my particular favorites and has been used extensively in my red hybridizing program.

I hope you enjoy looking at these seedlings. Remember, a left click over the image will give you a larger picture.

Life is very, very good.

Lee

Seedlings blooming this year . . .

Since seeing Jeff Salter's H. 'Camelot Red' (2010) bloom several years ago, I have become fascinated with red daylilies and and began to hybridize them as my main focus. Then I saw David Kirchhoff's H. 'BarbaraMandrell' and I was even more hooked. They both have the round, full form that I prefer, and the colors are clear and saturated. Below are some of the red seedlings that I particularly like and am also showing the parents.

H. 'Barbara Mandrell'
(Kirchhoff, 2009)

Seedling 1004
(Camelot Red X Doug's Caress)

Seedling 2041 [(Barbara Mandrell) X (Seedling 1004 Camelot Red X Doug's Caress)]

Seedling 2010

(Rockets Bursting in Air X Barbara Mandrell)

Seedling 2008

[(Santa's Little Helper X Running Hot) X Home of the Free] 

Seedling 4025

(Seedling 2008 X Seedling 2010)

This seedling showed a much more intense GOLD edge this year on re-bloom.

Seedling 2008

[(Santa's Little Helper X Running Hot) X Home of the Free] 

Waldrop Seedling

(Santa's Little Helper X Running Hot)

Seedling 4064

[(Santa's Little Helper X Running Hot) X (Home of the Free)

X (Santa's Little Helper X Running Hot)]

H. 'Cimarron Rose'
(Salter, J. 2005)
 





H. 'Juanita Manley'
(Pickles 2011)

 

Seedling 2009

(Juanita Manley X Cimarron Rose

 H. 'Groovin'' (Pickles 2011)

Verna Habermel sent me this picture of Groovin' taken in her garden. One of the most deeply grooved daylilies I have seen. It is spectacular if I do say so myself. This is my definition of a sculpted daylily, not one with a lot of fringing on the mid-ribs. Just sayin'.

I don't know what I am doing wrong, but I cannot get H. 'Juanita Manley' (Pickles 2011) to stay next to the flower.

I hope you enjoy looking at these flowers as much as I do. Remember, to see a larger image, right click over the picture.

Life is very, very good.

Lee