From the  Marble Iris Garden catalog, in 1958: SHERIFFA (White 1942). M. 36 in. Metallic violet blossoms with a blaze of blue on the falls. The petals are darker around the edges and burnished with a metallic: lighter shade in the center. This beautiful Iris is an Onco-bred and very iridescent. A lovely cut flower. Honorable Mention, 1943; Award of Merit, 1945. (Clarence White, 1941).