Booklet  (2008)  
 
An Information List of all Varieties. p5
1973. Fragrant Hour - 66/1529. Nicknamed Armstrong.

Book  (2004)  Page(s) 92.  
 
'Fragrant Hour' ....

Book  (Dec 1998)  Page(s) 249.  Includes photo(s).
 
Fragrant Hour Hybrid Tea. McGredy (New Zealand) 1973. 'Arthur Bell' x ('Spartan' x 'Grand Gala')... an unusual shade of peachy apricot-pink...

Magazine  (1998)  Page(s) 40. Vol 92, Part 2.  
 
Sean McCann. For many years I have had a lovely fragrant rose called 'Fragrant Hope' growing in my garden. I must have had it there since the early '70s when I last planted this border and it has been a very much admired rose. Coming from Sam McGredy in his Northern Ireland days it is a confection of pinks, a beautiful shape and its fragrance was rewarded in America last year with their top prize for perfumed varieties, The Gamble Award.

Book  (Sep 1993)  Page(s) 180.  Includes photo(s).
 
Fragrant Hour Large-flowered. Sam McGredy 1963. Description... a remarkable bronze-pink. Parentage: 'Arthur Bell' x ('Spartan' x 'Grand Gala')

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 188.  
 
Fragrant Hour Hybrid Tea, bronze-pink, 1973, 'Arthur Bell' x ('Spartan' x 'Grand Gala'); McGredy. Description.

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 180.  Includes photo(s).
 
Fragrant Hour Large-flowered. One of a dozen or so Modern Garden Roses whose names promise fragrance. 'Fragrant Hour' was developed by New Zealand's Sam McGredy in 1963. High pointed buds open to 10 centimetre (4 inch) blooms possessing wonderful fragrance, above light green foliage. The colour is a remarkable bronze-pink. A gold medal was awarded in 1978.

Book  (1982)  Page(s) 30.  
 
Don Sheppard. Final Analysis 1981-82
Fragrant Hour (McGredy 1973). 'Arthur Bell' x ('Spartan' x 'Grand Gala') 6.8. This rose produces high pointed, very fragrant soft bronze-pink blooms that in the spring can be used on the show Bench, but later are rather fleeting. Several reporters have mentioned that their bushes did not grow well and blooms were few and far between, but those who have persevered with it say it is a good garden rose, its perfume and soft colour being its virtues.

Book  (1981)  Page(s) 61.  
 
Don Sheppard. Symposium of Hybrid Tea Roses, Canterbury Rose Society 1980.
Fragrant Hour We have four reports on this McGredy release of 1974. All four agree it to be a good variety to grow if you're looking for a nice pink. Three comment that it has potential on the show bench too, though the bloom can open a little too quickly at times to be ideal. The bush grows average tallish, is generally healthy, one member mentions rust worries it, but others call it a good healthy rose. The leaves are a matt bronze red when young, changing to a medium dullish green later, grow quite large and are of a good firm texture. The blooms come one to a long straight stem, so no disbudding needed here. The flowers are of a pleasing rather different pink, not too harsh or garish, a strong shell pink perhaps, quite large, about thirty five petals of good firm clear colour and texture. The form is good, circular and with a lovely high centre. One member finds his blooms lose their substance quickly, while another says his fade or bleach too quickly in our hot sun. All remark on the unusually strong pleasant perfume - a good bonus point. Only one member is disappointed in this variety. The repeat is quite good, but to use it as a bowl exhibit one would want at least two bushes, or a very large plant.

Book  (1980)  Page(s) 105.  
 
Fragrant Hour Rating 7.3. A fragrant rose but not too many blooms. Highly marked but most reviewers commented on its fleeting form. Some reports of rust.