Book  (Dec 2000)  Page(s) 411.  
 
Souvenir de Claudius Pernet Pernetiana. Joseph Pernet-Ducher (Lyon, France) 1920

Book  (Apr 1999)  Page(s) 487-488, 559.  
 
Pages 487-488: Souvenir de Claudius Pernet Translation: "In Memory of Claudius Pernet". Pernetiana. Pernet-Ducher 1920. 'Constance' x an unnamed variety. [The author cites information from many sources...] Pure sun yellow... Deep yellow... It came into its own only when it was worked on Odorata stock... The name was given by Monsieur Pernet-Ducher to perpetuate the memory of his eldest son, who gloriously fell on the battlefield
Page 559: Souvenir de Claudius Pernet Pernetiana. Joseph Pernet-Ducher 1920

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 564.  
 
Hybrid Tea, medium yellow, 1920, 'Constance' x Seedling; Pernet-Ducher. Bud long, pointed; flowers pure sunflower-yellow, center deeper, double (28 petals), large; long, strong stems; fragrant; foliage glossy, rich green; vigorous growth. GM, Bagatelle, 1920

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 114.  
 
Named for one of Joseph Pernet's (Pernet-Ducher) sons who was killed in the First World War.

Book  (1990)  Page(s) 85.  
 
Souvenir de Claudius Pernet Pernet-Ducher 1919... named after his son, who lost his life in World War One... deep yellow...

Book  (1986)  
 
p116 Even the casual observer cannot fail to notice how few of the large-flowered roses popular today are survivors from the first quarter of this century. Souvenir de Claudius Pernet (Pernet-Ducher, 1920), corn-cob yellow) is among the ones that come readily to mind.

p144 The Pernet-Ducher nursery continued to produce excellent roses well into the present century - in particular, ‘Sourvenir de Claudius Pernet’, a beautiful, if tender, true yellow rose with a darker centre, which has imparted its good looks to many other modern large-flowered varieties; it won a gold medal at the Bagatelle contest. This rose was introduced in 1920 to commemorate Pernet-Ducher’s son. Because his regiment remained inactive during the early days of World War 1, he had resigned his commission in the French army and joined the ranks; he was mortally wounded soon afterwards. Pernet’s other son, Georges, was also killed in action, in 1915, and he too was commemorated with a rose, ‘Souvenir de Georges Pernet’, which also won a gold medal at the Bagatelle trials. But Pernet-Ducher himself never really recovered.

Book  (1967)  Page(s) 10.  Includes photo(s).
 
Souvenir de Claudius Pernet (H.T., Pernet-Ducher 1921) - Excellent rose variety, which had real triumphs in her time. She is vigorous and her blooms have a pronounced fragrance.

Book  (1965)  Page(s) 92.  
 
L. A. Wyatt. The Wizard of Lyon. ....Pernet-Ducher continued to raise fine roses after the First World War. The fact that, with the exception of 1918, he was awarded the Bagatelle Gold Medal uninterruptedly from 1916 to 1926 when he was approaching the end of his career, shows that he never lost the master’s touch. In England, however, fewer of his post-1914 roses achieved the popularity of their forerunners......It was a disappointment to Pernet-Ducher that the roses he raised and named in memory of both his sons, who were killed in action during the first World War, did not find favour in this country as they had done elsewhere. Subsequently one of them, ‘Souvenir de Claudius Pernet, (*) became an outstanding parental variety.
*This would not stand rain. The other one ‘Souvenir de Georges Pernet’ used to grow and flower very well with me in the late 1920s – editor.

Book  (1947)  Page(s) 242.  
 
Souvenir de Claudius Pernet (H.T.) has exceptionally large, double, high-centred flowers of sunflower-yellow, produced on good stiff stems from upright and branching plants with shining deep green foliage. Pernet-Ducher 1920...Vigorous. Moderately fragrant...June-September. Hardy.

Book  (1937)  Page(s) 78.  
 
Souv. de Claudius Pernet hybrid lutea (Pernet-Ducher 1920) [pollen quality] 67%