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seedling of mme abel chatenay
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#1 of 7 posted
18 SEP 13 by
 Jay-Jay
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Looks great this Madame Abel Chatenay seedling, was this an open pollination?
Looks as if pollinated by an Austin.
I like the use of an early HT. Didn't know, that it still existed.
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yes, it was an open pollination and you may be quite right about the austin - abraham darby and charles austin are growing close to mme abel chatenay.
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#3 of 7 posted
18 SEP 13 by
Jay-Jay
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You might open a breeder listing at Your account, when You click on Breeders under People in the left column.
And register/upload this rose on HMF under Your breeder-name.
Does the plant behave well as for diseases and how is the scent?
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it is doing quite well, despite it´s tender looks, as far as i can tell by now, for it is only in it´s second year. the plant itself grows a bit like a tea; it has good foliage, too, like it´s mother´s, but prone to mildew - no blackspot by now. the flowers aren´t as big as the pictures may implicate; they are about 6 cm in diameter. i myself cannot recognise any scent, but other people say there is some tea scent (i´m not very good at recognising tea-scent in general)
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#5 of 7 posted
18 SEP 13 by
Jay-Jay
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Your seedling sounds promising and it survived its first years and winters.
Maybe once established the flowers might get bigger and mildew might get less a problem (..or, I hope not, worse).
How does Madame Abel Chatenay behave herself in the Austrian climate with the cold winters (You described at Abraham Darby)?
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i must contess that i lost my first one in winter 2000, so i keep it in a pot indoors.
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#7 of 7 posted
20 SEP 13 by
Jay-Jay
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Thank You, that's no option for me. But it is a very nice rose!
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