General Grant

Dunbar, 1917

‘General Grant’, S. vulgaris
Dunbar 1917; S VII
syn. – Dunbar no. 268
{parentage not known}
McKelvey, The Lilac, 302 [1928]; Wister, Lilacs for America, 48 [1942], 30 [1953]; Photo on Jorgovani/Lilacs 2015 DVD.
Named for Ulysses Simpson Grant, 1822-1885, American soldier and 18th president of the United States of America.
Cultivar name presumed registered 1953; name established and accepted.

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рода Syringa L., сентябрь 2024

General Grant Dunbar according to Horticulture, XXVI. 35 (1917), name only; XXVII. 534 (1918), “…single, with varying shades of porcelain lavender.” – Dunbar, Litt. ined. October 3, 1923, “Flowers single, 1 inch across, buds reddish lilac, pinkish lavender when fully open, clusters 6 to 7 inches long.”
Produced by John Dunbar of the Dept. of Parks, Rochester, N. Y. In a letter the late Mr. Dunbar informed me that this form (no. 268 Dunbar) was of unknown parentage and was named by him in 1922.
Notes on plant in Dept. of Parks, Rochester, N. Y. Flowers single, large; corolla-lobes narrow, pointed at apex, opening at a right angle to corolla-tube or curling backward; tone intermediate; color in bud Deep Purplish Vinaceous (XLIV.) to Tourmaline Pink (XXXVIII.); when expanded Tourmaline Pink to Laelia Pink without, Eupatorium Purple (XXXVIII.) within. Clusters open, widely branched.

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