Rose breeder   Listing last updated on 19 Apr 2024.

New Zealand

Nobbs, K. J. (Kenneth James) 1909-1996

[From Growing Old-Fashioned Roses, by Trevor Nottle, p. 8:] Ken Nobbs has been collecting wild roses and other hybrids which produce hips and has conducted extensive tests to ascertain which varieties are the best sources of a host of complex vitamins. Ken feels that roses provide a source of food that has the potential to develop into a new primary industry.