Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 466.  
 
Prarie Sailor Hybrid Spinosissima, yellow blend, 1946, Pedigree involved 'Dr. W. Van Fleet', 'Türkes Rugosa Sämling' and R. spinosissima altaica; Morden Exp. Farm. Description.

Book  (1967)  Page(s) 44.  
 
Some All-Canadian Roses
by Fred Blakeney, Victoria, B.C.
The Federal Department of Agriculture Experimental Station at Morden, Manitoba, has been carrying on a rose-breeding programme for over 42 years. It is now under the direction of Mr. H. F. Harp, the object in view being to develop a garden rose that will survive the cold winters of the Prairies. Furthermore, it aims to develop winter-hardy roses having the repeat-blooming characteristics, Hybrid-Tea form, fragrance, good plant habit with disease-resistant foliage. This is quite a programme, and one which of necessity must take a number of years to achieve. However, they are well on their way, and have produced the following varieties:
"Prairie Sailor", shrub, introduced in 1946, is the result of crossing "Dr. W. Van Fleet", "Turkes Rugosa Samling" and R. spinosissima altaica. It is single, a golden yellow deeply edged bright red. The plant is vigorous to six feet, and blooms profusely, but is non-recurrent. It is, however. hardy on the Prairies.

Book  (1959)  Page(s) 297.  
 
PRAIRIE SAILOR (hybrid). A compound hybrid bush rose whose parentage involves Dr. W. Van Fleet, Turkes Rugosa Samling and R. spinosissima altaica (1946). Flowers single, golden yellow, deeply margined bright red. Profuse bloom in late June and July on wood of previous year. Grows to six feet tall. Hardy for the prairies.

Article (misc)  (2 Nov 1946)  
 
Weekly Notes. Dominion Experimental Station, Morden, Manitoba.
Document located in Frank Leith Skinner papers at the Archives of Manitoba

Prairie Sailor The parent plant of Prairie Sailor is a cross of Dr. W. Van Fleet and Turkes Rugosa Samling. It is a vigorous plant of pillar or climbing habit with large double cup-shaped flowers. The blooms closely resemble those of the pollen parent in size and form, but are of a deeper pink colouring. The foliage is distinctive and glossy. At Morden it is not hardy. The cross was made in 1929.
The plant was crossed with Rosa altaica in 1938, and of the ten seedlings resulting only one survived the first winter. This one flowered in 1940 and suffered little injury during the succeeding years until 1945-46, when an early fall frost apparently was responsible for more severe injury than had previously been experienced. It was named in 1945, before suffering the damage mentioned.
Prairie Sailor is a vigorous plant of upright habit, with reddish coloured bark on the young wood, and foliage that is suggestive of R. altaica. The single flowers are deep yellow suffused with coppery pink, and the petals are particularly firm in texture. The unopened buds are bright red and constitute an important feature of the plant's attractiveness. It was named to honor prairie youth who brought glory and fame to Canada's Navy.