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General Dwight Eisenhower

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Id:ICR-5968

CountryUnited States

Year Published/Registered1947

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

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Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'General Dwight Eisenhower'

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Dwight Eisenhower  Nantes, Services des Espaces, Collections, 1980. Abbreviation for General Dwight Eisenhower.

Gen. D. Eisenhower  Mark S. Cannon Scion Catalogue, 1962, p.4. Abbreviation for General Dwight Eisenhower.

Gen. Dwight Eisenhower  American Camellia Yearbook, 1949, p.246. Abbreviation for General Dwight Eisenhower.

Gen. Ike  McIlhenny Nursery Catalogue, 1954-1955. Abbreviation for General Dwight Eisenhower.

General D. Eisenhower  Mark. S. Cannon Scion Catalogue, 1963-1964, p.6. Abbreviation for General Dwight Eisenhower.

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Description

» English Description

SCCS., 1947, The Camellia. Its Culture and Nomenclature: Deep red. Large, full peony to anemone form. Vigorous, upright, compact growth. Mid-season flowering. Originated in the USA as a seedling of Elegans by Hubert Reeves, Pomona, Califor­nia, USA about 1946. Abbreviations: ‘Gen. D. Eisenhower’, ‘General D. Eisenhower’, ‘General Eisenhower’, ‘Gen. Dwight Eisenhower’, ‘General Ike’. Sport: ‘Admiral Halsey’. See colour photo p.89, Macoboy, 1981, The Colour Dictionary of Camellias and black & white photo, p.148, Hertrich, 1954, Camellias in the Huntington Gardens, vol.I.

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