Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 268.  
 
Jean Lafitte Large-flowered Climber, Willowmere pink, 1934, R. setigera x 'Willowmere'; Horvath. Description.

Website/Catalog  (1954)  Page(s) 71.  
 
Jean Lafitte. Climber....10-15 feet. A very hardy Horvath climber which attracted the catalog-writer's special attention in Roy Shepherd's garden of many hundred varieties, in Medina, Ohio. Blooms abundantly in spring and early summer--large, double, cupped flowers of Willomere pink.

Magazine  (Dec 1943)  Page(s) vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 119-120.  
 
The Recent Horvath Climbers
R. E. Shepherd, Medina, Ohio
Jean Lafitte, a vigorous Climber producing many ten- to twelve-foot canes, is a cross of a Setigera seedling and the Hybrid Tea, Willowmere. It might be considered a perfect cross as the vigor and hardiness of Setigera have been combined with the color, form and fragrance of Willowmere. Only the everblooming characters of the latter have been lost. No other rose, with the possible exception of Dr. W. Van Fleet, offers more with a minimum of care, and Jean Lafitte is far easier to keep within bounds than is Van Fleet.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 397.  
 
Lafitte, Jean (hybrid setigera) Horvath 1934; Setigera-seedling X Willowmere; pink, very large, double, cup form, opens, lasting, fragrance 5/10, floriferous, long stems, growth 7/10, climbing. Sangerhausen

Book  (1934)  Page(s) 219.  
 
Description by originator or introductor: bloom color described as Willowmere pink. [Willowmere is described as shrimp pink, shaded yellow at the center]; fragrant, unusually large, very vigorous, very hardy.