Per the 1928 Lee R. Bonnewitz Iris and Peony catalog of Van Wert, Ohio:
PERRETTE (Dessert). One of the last varieties originated b...Read Morey M. Dessert in France before he sold his business to Doriat & Son. It is a semi-double variety, with four or five rows of guard petals, showing stamens at the collar, and it has a dainty pink cup-shaped center which fades to white. It is more valuable as a landscape variety than as a show bloom and should probably be sold for that purpose only. $4.00
Per the APS website:
PERRETTE (Dessert, 1921) - Double - Pink - Late Midseason. Medium height. Delicate fragrance. Large. Outer petals large and cupped, reflexing as the flower opens, faint pink paling to pure white in the center, with prominent crimson flecks midway; the whole flower has a slight creamy pink suffusion in the depths of the petals; fairly floriferous, strong stems. Good foliage.
Per the 1928 Lee R. Bonnewitz Iris and Peony catalog of Van Wert, Ohio:
PERRETTE (Dessert). One of the last varieties originated b...Read More