Général Pershing

Lemoine, (not Dunbar), 1924

‘Général Pershing’, S. vulgaris
Lemoine (not Dunbar) 1924; D V
syn. – ‘Gen. Pershing’ (Lemoine, not Dunbar)
common name: General Pershing
Lemoine, Cat. No. 198, 20 [1924]; McKelvey, The Lilac, 303-304 [1928]; Stand. Pl. Names, 615 [1942] – as General Pershing; Wister, Lilacs for America, 48 [1942], 30 [1953]; Photo on Jorgovani/Lilacs 2015 DVD.
Named for John Joseph Pershing, 1860-1948, American soldier, nicknamed “Black Jack”.
Cultivar name presumed registered 1953; name established and accepted.

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Général Pershing Lemoine, Cat. no. 198, 20 (1924-1925), “Double flowers of a quite unusual size, broad lobes, of a rich purplish violet, with paler reverses, big purple buds, late; an improvement on the handsome variety Charles Sargent.”
Introduced in 1924 by the firm of V. Lemoine et fils, Nancy, France, and one of their productions.
In 1918 the late Mr. John Dunbar introduced a form General Pershing. As noted under Mr. Dunbar’s form, and for reasons there stated, I have changed his name to General John Pershing, despite the fact that his name had priority over that of Mr. Lemoine’s. To avoid confusion it is recommended that the distinction in name be observed.
Notes on plant in collection of T. A. Havemeyer, Glen Head, N. Y. (plant received from Lemoine in 1924). Flowers double, unsymmetrical, sometimes hose-in-hose, sometimes single except for a curled lobe at throat; corolla-lobes broad or narrow, extremely curled, sometimes cucullate; tone intermediate; color in bud Eupatorium Purple to Tourmaline Pink (XXXVIII.); when expanded, the outer corolla-lobes Tourmaline Pink with markings of Eupatoriumn Purple and of white, the inner Pale Laelia Pink (XXXVIII.) without, all lobes Purplish Lilac marked with Light Pinkish Lilac and with Ageratum Violet (XXXVII.) within. Clusters extremely long, well filled, with long subdivisions near the base; these are held erect and the cluster appears compact. The inner corolla-lobes, which are pale without, curl over, and give a pale look to the center of the flower and a variegated appearance to the entire cluster. A showy form.
I have seen only the English edition of Lemoine’s catalogue no. 198. I have retained the French accents as they undoubtedly appeared in the original.

“THE LILAC: A Monograph” Susan Delano McKelvey, MacMillan, New York, 1928

Генерал Першинг Général Pershing
(Lemoine, 1924)
Бутоны  тускло-лиловые; цветки. густо-лиловые, с синеватым оттенком, очень крупные (3 см), махровые (2-3 неполных, тесно расположенных венчика); лепестки удлиненноовальные, с чуть приподнятыми кончиками. Соцветия большей частью из одной пары плотных метелок. Куст средней высоты.

«ВИДЫ И СОРТА СИРЕНИ, КУЛЬТИВИРУЕМЫЕ В СССР» Л.И. Рубцов,
Н.Л. Михайлов, В. Г. Жоголева, Киев, Наукова Думка, 1980