Website/Catalog  (1900)  Page(s) 90.  
 
Alohonse Karr  Purplish crimson, free flowering. Very vigorous. 

Book  (1899)  Page(s) 9.  
 
Alphonse Karr, thé, Nabon., 1879, cramoisi

Book  (1897)  Page(s) 275.  
 
Specialities in Roses.—The number of kinds catalogued is unlimited. The great desideratum is, of course, to secure those which are of vigorous growth, good, healthy, and pleasing foliage, good-shaped flowers, and free-blooming disposition. Those qualities are found largely among the tea-scented and Noisette kinds, the following amongst them:
Alphonso Karr [sic], bright crimson
...These and many others are reliable for garden decoration and for cut flowers.

Book  (1895)  Page(s) 105.  
 
Tea roses...Alphonse Karr, dark red.

Website/Catalog  (1894)  Page(s) 182.  
 
Tea-Scented Roses and Their Hybrids.
Alphonse Karr  Purple, shaded with crimson, centre brighter, large and full; a seedling from Duchess of Edinburgh.

Book  (1894)  Page(s) 244.  
 
Alphonse Karr, T., Nabonnand (1878), deep red, large, vigorous.

Book  (1893)  Page(s) 40.  
 
Some of the Newest Tea-scented Roses are —
Alphonse Karr — purple-shaded crimson.

Magazine  (Aug 1890)  Page(s) 81.  
 
ROSIERS THÉS POUR CORBEILLES... M. F. Morel, se basant sur l'expérience faite par un amateur lyonnais, donne dans la Revue Horticole un relevé de tout ce que le groupe des rosiers thés offre de remarquable dans les coloris divers, Nous reproduisons ce relevé :
Fleurs rouge pourpre.- Bengale Vésuve (dans le milieu du massif). Alphonse Karr. André Schwartz (abriter du soleil). Madame Étienne Levet. Princesse de Sagan. Safrano rouge. Souvenir de Thérèse Levet. Souvenir de David d'Angers.

Website/Catalog  (1885)  Page(s) 36.  
 
Roses — Everblooming.
Section II.
Tea Roses.
Roses belonging to this class are generally of a delicate structure with slender branches, of light shades, very fragrant, monthly bloomers, valuable for this climate.
Alphonse Karr.  Deep rose.

Book  (1884)  Page(s) 4.  
 
Alphonse Karr. (Nabonnand, 1879). Large, double, fine form, imbricated, purple-red lightened with crimson, centre lighter, very floriferous. One of the best Tea roses.