The Brodie of Brodie
b 1868 d 1943
Forres, Grampian, Scotland
The Brodie of BrodieWalter T. Ware, England
Year Registered: 1917
Sir Watkin x Blackwell
Fortune
Perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt or rounded at apex, pale sulfur yellow, spreading or a little inflexed, with margins sometimes incurling, somewhat irregular, overlapping one-third to a half; the inner segments more narrowly ovate, more strongly inflexed, with margins slightly wavy; corona long cup-shaped, lightly ribbed, rich orange, mouth straight and even, with rim shallowly crenate.
A description according to the Calvert Catalog dated 1934: “Pale sulfur, broad, overlapping smooth segments with nice red cup.”
Part of the Brodie of Brodie’s “Fortune’s” Series.
Fortune's Sentinel, 2 Y-O, The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland, 1930
Photo #54687 Calvert Catalog, EnglandFortune's Sentinel, 2 Y-O, The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland, 1930
Photo #31227 RHS Yearbook, England