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'Peach Swirl ™' rose Reviews & Comments
Discussion id : 113-175
most recent 10 OCT 18 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 22 SEP 18 by Alexday
I'm really concerned as to why a rose that is introduced in 2017 has already developed crown gall and is showing severe markings of Mosaic Virus. From my understanding, the growers 'Certified Roses' is the one who bred and introduced this rose. Did they really bud it onto virused stock and distribute their rose to the masses like that? Is it just me, or is that REALLY negligent for a rose introduced in 2017??!!

Maybe they could have tried to keep it own-root and maybe up the price a little to keep it clean? I'm no expert, but there surely are growers out there taking an initiative to only distribute virus free roses, and UCD sells virus free root stocks of all sorts.

I got this rose and potted it in a large tub with a fresh bag of potting soil. So far the blooms are pretty but scarce. I can't really give this rose a fair review because it came to me virused and with crown gall in its roots that developed to the size of a baseball.
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Reply #1 of 2 posted 22 SEP 18 by Nastarana
Does CR do any breeding? Or is 'Peach Swirl' perhaps a sport they found in their vast fields?

As for do they bud onto virused stock, they bud onto whatever stock is easily at hand. CR is interested in profit and I suppose their staff have to meet production targets.

'Peach Swirl' will undoubtedly be discarded when the patent runs out in 20 years. CR has done this before, such as with the striped sport of 'Peace' they found and marketed as "New Orleans'.
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Reply #2 of 2 posted 10 OCT 18 by Alexday
You make a great point, it's possible that it can be a sport.

I don't ever remember seeing Peace's sport 'New Orleans', quite a beauty!
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