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Singularly Beautiful Roses 
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Wondering if someone can comment on the character of the prickles on Karl Foerster. The plant I purchased as 'Karl Foerster' doesn't seem to have Spin prickles.
Stephen
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Question - bloom size? My plant is producing blooms that are about 3" or so in diameter, which seems smallish. The plant is very healthy, very resistant to black spot in particular (central GA).
Stephen
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Question answered. I just read the info on HMF about the dates the plates were published. Andrews illustration was published ca. 1808.
Stephen
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17 SEP by
jedmar
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Stephen, check the listing on Andrew's Roses and you will find fascicle numbers and dates listed as far as we know. Roses was issued in separate plates and only bound much later.
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A question. Andrews' book is listed as the earliest source, giving the introduction date of 1808 for R. indica rubra (R. indica Cruenta-Redoute). Andrews' second volume was published in 1828. Was that merely a publication date for text written years earlier?
My confusion arises out of the comment that Andrews had seen the rose "the year before" in the Whitley nursery/garden. The year before . . . 1828?
I'm attempting to write an article about the red Chinas.
Stephen
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