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Paeonia 'Opal'

type: [herbaceous peony] – [species cultivar] – [lactiflora]

Peonies, The Manual of the American Peony Society, edited by James Boyd © 1928 American Peony Society: [Check List of Chinese Peonies in Commerce] Double Peonies, page 48.

*Opal. (Pleas, 1908.) 8.5 (Sym. 1921). Syn. The Jewel. White.

*Opal Iris. (Pleas.) 8.0 (Sym. 1925). Syn. of Opal.

Peonies, The Manual of the American Peony Society, edited by James Boyd © 1928 American Peony Society: [Descriptive List of Chinese Peonies]:

THE JEWEL. (Pleas.) 8.7.

Considered the same as Opal, which see.

Peonies, The Manual of the American Peony Society, edited by James Boyd © 1928 American Peony Society: [Descriptive List of Chinese Peonies]:

OPAL. (Pleas, 1908.) 8.5.

Double type; large; midseason. Pale rose-pink becoming almost white when fully open; petals very long, pointed, and arranged in a deep, funnel-like form; not notably fragrant. Medium height; florif-erous; stems not strong. Foliage good.

A flower of great beauty of form and delicacy of color and texture. A peony called The Jewel is identical.

"Rating much too high."—Fewkes.

"Rated much too high. Does not do well in my heavy clay soil."—Boyd.

OPAL IRIS. (Pleas.) 8.0 (Sym. 1925).

Semi-double type; large; midseason. Loose, light pink flower with salmon shading fading to white with age. Long, fairly strong stem. Average foliage.

Offered by few growers. Surpassed by so many, there is little demand for it. Apparently rated much too high.

"Light flesh-pink to pink. Longer stems than Opal, and possibly not quite as double as Opal. Essentially a landscape peony. Has somewhat the effect of Kelway's Exquisite and Wettengel's Charles Neidel, though I do not believe it is as good as either of them. Stems graceful and strong enough to hold the blooms in good weather, but it is not a perfect landscape variety."—Bonnewitz.

"A loosely formed flower of salmon-pink shading to white. Personally, I do not have a very good opinion of it and feel that a rating of 7.5 is all it deserves."—Wassenberg.

"This is undoubtedly Virginie renamed or a reproduction of it by nature." —Mrs. Wm. Crawford.

OPAL (Pleas, 1908) - Syn. THE JEWEL. Double - Pink to White - Midseason. Medium height. Not notably fragrant. Pale rose-pink becoming almost white when fully open; petals very long, pointed, and arranged in a deep, funnel-like form; floriferous; stems not strong. Foliage good. M.

THE JEWEL (Pleas) See OPAL. Double - Blush or White - Midseason.






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