This article from 1914 tells about Sol Wright originating the "Blue Rose" Rice variety.

Sol Wright Will Come To The Fair
Originator of Blue Rose Rice Variety
He Will Bring His Rice Samples Here For Exhibit and Will Explain His Methods.

There is a tradition in the Wright family that the originator of Blue Rose was christened Salmon, but for a quarter of a century he has been known to the farmers of the Crowley district as "Sol", and although he is still in middle life he is often referred to as "Old Sol," This season he raised on his farm three miles from Crowley his twenty-fourth crop of rice.

Besides Blue Rose, Mr. Wright has many new varieties of rice bred by him. He will show six of his favorite varieties at the fair, and feature of his display will be samples of each variety at various stages of development.

It is of current interest that the New Orleans Board of Trade is trying to change the name of Wright’s Blue Rose to Java, on the theory that its original was a Java rice and that it resembles that variety. A department of agriculture expert has recently expressed the opinion that Mr. Wright’s Blue Rose was originally a Philippine variety, but he adds that no matter what it once was it is now a distinct American type of rice.

According to J.R. Leguenec, statistician of the Rice Millers’ association, there are 114,000 acres of Blue Rose rice in the United States this year. Many competent observers believe that the yield will average close to twelve sacks to the acre, which would make the total production of Blue Rose this year in the neighborhood of 1,400,000 sacks, nearly a quarter of the estimated production, although the Blue Rose acreage is about 17 percent of the entire acreage.