{
 "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "id": "iris-rhizome-harvest",
 "type": "Process",
 "version": 1,
 "updated": "2026-09-30",
 "confidence": "B",
 "history": {
  "value": null,
  "evidence": null,
  "source": null,
  "where": null,
  "confidence": null,
  "note": "no Historical Event record yet"
 },
 "media": [],
 "station": 1,
 "kind": "harvest",
 "sources": [
  "GC-4"
 ],
 "name": {
  "value": "digging of the rhizomes",
  "evidence": "documented",
  "source": "GC-4",
  "quote": "In the summer of the third year, the plants are dug up entirely, and rhizomes are sold to the extraction companies as whole rhizomes, peeled or sliced [108].",
  "where": "docs/sources/GC-4-crisan-2025-genus-iris.md:22",
  "confidence": "B"
 },
 "method": {
  "value": "the plants are dug up entirely; the rhizomes are sold whole, peeled or sliced",
  "evidence": "documented",
  "source": "GC-4",
  "quote": "In the summer of the third year, the plants are dug up entirely, and rhizomes are sold to the extraction companies as whole rhizomes, peeled or sliced [108].",
  "where": "docs/sources/GC-4-crisan-2025-genus-iris.md:22",
  "confidence": "B",
  "note": "a review (secondary witness), citing the industry’s own descriptions"
 },
 "timing": {
  "value": "in the summer of the third year",
  "evidence": "documented",
  "source": "GC-4",
  "quote": "In the summer of the third year, the plants are dug up entirely, and rhizomes are sold to the extraction companies as whole rhizomes, peeled or sliced [108].",
  "where": "docs/sources/GC-4-crisan-2025-genus-iris.md:22",
  "confidence": "B"
 },
 "yields": {
  "value": null,
  "evidence": null,
  "source": null,
  "where": null,
  "confidence": null,
  "note": "no yield filed"
 },
 "parameters": {
  "value": null,
  "evidence": null,
  "source": null,
  "where": null,
  "confidence": null,
  "note": "no further sourced parameters"
 },
 "materials": [
  "orris-butter"
 ],
 "botanicals": [
  "iris-pallida"
 ],
 "origins": [
  "florence-it"
 ],
 "links": {
  "essay": "/materials#origin-iris"
 },
 "copy": {
  "lede": "Iris is harvested in the summer of its third year: the plants are dug up whole for their rhizomes."
 }
}