(1966)  Page(s) 101.  
 
Frank Leith Skinner: By crossing Wm. Godfrey with another of my hybrids I secured four nice roses. One of these, now named Appleblossom, keeps flowering throughout the summer and is now being tested in Europe where it has already created some interest.

(1966)  Page(s) 32.  
 
On a 1947 trip to Europe, Dr. Skinner spent two days in Stockholm.
"The rose we know in Manitoba as Banshee was growing in several places in Sweden where it was labelled R. amoena grandiflora; probably it was brought to Canada by some settler from Sweden."

(1966)  Page(s) 102.  
 
Beauty of Dropmore was obtained from a cross between Rosa altaica and the double white form of R. spinosissima known as the Burnett Rose. It is a hardy shrub growing to six feet in height with good foliage and handsome pure white fragrant flowers some of which are almost hybrid tea form. It was catalogued in 1956, but as there was little demand for this type of rose at that time propagation of it was discontinued for the time being.

(1966)  Page(s) 105.  
 
Frank Leith Skinner: In 1960 I raised a number of hybrids having as one parent a China rose hybrid of my own raising that was root-hardy and using as the other parents Simonet's R. laxa hybrid and Souvenir de Alphonse de Lavelle. Several of these have flowered that are hardier than the Old China rose and at the same time have inherited the remontant flowering habit and shapely double flowers. One of these that I have named Jessie Anderson has survived the past two winters without protection and has flowered from June onwards. The flowers are deep red in colour and larger than those of the Old China rose.

(1966)  Page(s) 48, 103.  
 
p. 48, Table III--
Variety: John McNab
Outstanding Characteristics Pink, repeat flowering
Parentage R. beggeriana x R. rugosa
Year Listed 1932

p. 103
"John McNab," first listed in 1932, is a hybrid between Rosa rugosa
and R. begge[r]iana, the latter being from central Asia. It is a hardy shrub
growing about four feet tall with an abundance of shapely pink flowers
in June, and recurrent bloom throughout the summer.

(1966)  Page(s) 48, 103.  
 
p. 48, Table III--
Variety: Mrs. John McNab
Outstanding Characteristics: White, repeat flowering
Parentage: R. beggeriana x R. rugosa
Year Listed: 1941

p. 103
"Mrs. John McNab" is of the same breeding as "John McNab," with the same growth habit, but the flowers are white, though occasionally a flower will be found with just the faintest touch of pale pink.

(1966)  Page(s) 103.  
 
"Suzanne" . . . was obtained from the second generation of the cross Rosa laxa x R. spinosissima. It is a fully double, pink-flowered variety that was introduced in 1950. It is a fully hardy shrub rose that flowers very freely in June and continues to flower throughout the summer. It is fertile, and has been used by other breeders in their work.