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'Air France' rose Description

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Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
9 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Dark red Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Air France (hybrid tea, Asseretto, 1958)
Origin:
Bred by Angelo Asseretto (Italy, 1958).
Introduced in France by Ets. Horticole Léon Pin in 1958 as 'Air France'.
Class:
Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Dark red, purple highlights.  Moderate fragrance.  Medium, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, cupped bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Leathery foliage.  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 2,120  on  9 Jan 1962   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Parentage:
Unnamed Seedling × Poinsettia
Notes:
Modern Roses 10 says this rose is extinct.
See also breeder Vincenzo Asseretto.