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Captain Folk

Last Updated:2019/4/10 9:11:17 By:wangzhonglang
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Id:ICR-2219

CountryUnited States

Year Published/Registered1945

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

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Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Captain Folk'

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Captain Edwin Folk  Walter Allen Nursery Catalogue, 1949 as ‘Capt. Edwin Folk’. Synonym for Captain Folk.

Colonel E.H. Folk  Griffiths and Strother, 1954, ACS., Nomenclatural Cross-reference List, p.2, 3 as ‘Col. E.H. Folk’. Synonym for Captain Folk.

E.H. Folk  Fruitland Nursery Catalogue, 1951-1952, p.29. Abbreviation for ‘Edwin H. Folk’, synonym for Captain Folk.

Edwin Folk  Magnolia Garden and Nursery Catalogue, 1948-1949, p.13. Abbreviation for ‘Edwin H. Folk’, synonym for Captain Folk.

Edwin H. Folk  Fruitland Nursery Catalogue, 1946-1949. Synonym for Captain Folk.

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Fruitland Nursery Catalogue, 1945-1946, p.27: Bright rose-red, large, loose semi-double. Vigorous, upright growth. Flower 10 cm in diameter, some petals occasionally marked with white, cup-shaped, white filaments, yellow anthers, mid-season to late flowering. Originated by Flechtman, superintendent of the Tea Gardens, South Carolina, USA from seed of unknown parents. Synonyms: ‘Edwin H. Folk’, ‘Captain Edwin Folk’, ‘Edwin Folk’, ‘Colonel E.H. Folk’. See p.109, Hertrich, 1955, Camellias in the Huntington Gardens, vol.II. Awarded the RHS, P.C., 1962 as ‘Edwin H. Folk’. Sport: Edwin H. Folk Variegated.

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