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Dark red Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Matador (hybrid tea, Van Rossem, 1935)

Bred by Gerald Adriaan Van Rossem (Netherlands, 1935).
Introduced in United States by Jackson & Perkins Co. as 'Matador'.
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1937 as 'Matador'.

Hybrid Tea.  

Scarlet - crimson, brown shading, silver(y) highlights.  Moderate fragrance.  Large, very double, cupped bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Long, pointed, ovoid buds.  

Bushy.  Dark green, dense, leathery foliage.  

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  

United States - Patent No: PP 170  on  7 Apr 1936   VIEW USPTO PATENT