Book  (Dec 1998)  Page(s) 236.  Includes photo(s).
 
Fandango Hybrid Tea. Swim (USA) 1950. 'Charlotte Armstrong' x Seedling... brilliant flame orange-red with coral tones... There is some repeat bloom after a prolific spring flowering...

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 172.  
 
Hybrid Tea, medium red, 1950, 'Charlotte Armstrong' x Seedling; Swim; Armstrong Nursery. Bud ovoid, turkey-red, base yellow; flowers orange-red, semi-double (16-25 petals), open, large (3 1/2 - 4 1/2 in.); fragrant; foliage leathery, glossy, dark; vigorous, upright, bushy growth.

Book  (1988)  Page(s) 50.  
 
I knew from my own records that FANDANGO had resulted from a cross of CHARLOTTE ARMSTRONG X (MRS. SAM MCGREDY X PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER). While FANDANGO itself was described as a "turkey red" and "orange-red" with "yellow base", one can discern from this seeming contradiction the variety was a very bright red.

Website/Catalog  (1960)  Page(s) 14.  
 
FANDANGO. Rouge orangé, de bonne forme, en coupe régulière. FL [feuillage luisant]. 

[no longer listed in 1973]

Book  (1958)  Page(s) 110.  
 
Fandango. HT. (Swim; int. Armstrong Nurs., '50) Charlotte Armstrong X unnamed seedling. Bud ovoid, turkey-red, base yellow; fl. large (3½-4½ in.), semi-dbl. (16-25 petals), open, fragrant, orange-red. Fol. leathery, glossy, dark. Vig., upright, bushy. (28) Pl. Pat. 894.

Website/Catalog  (1957)  Page(s) 7.  
 
FANDANGO .....Fleur rouge orangé de très bonne forme.

Book  (1952)  Page(s) 13.  
 
Harry H. Hazlewood.  The New Roses of 1952. Fandango (Swim, 1950). Large moderately fragrant, blooms of 20 petals. Turkey red on a yellow base. The colour would be better in a cool climate or in Autumn. Low bedding growth and very free blooming.

(1950)  Page(s) 12.  Includes photo(s).
 
2 New Armstrong Roses for 1950
Fandango
The outstanding feature of this new rose, introduced this year for the first time, is its beautiful rich coloring. Rich deep scarlet in the bud, the flower changes as it opens to a bright cerise red, which remains attractive until the last petal drops. In all our experience, we have never seen a more brilliant shade than that displayed by the lustrous petals of this fine new rose. The bud is small to medium in size, short, but of perfect form. The bud opens rather quickly, but the large petals (16 to 25 of them) have a ruffled crisp appearance which makes the flower attractive at all stages. Mildly fragrant. The big, vigorous, glossy foliaged plant of Fandango does not stop blooming at any time during the season. If you count the blooms produced by each variety in your garden, we'll hazard a bet that this dazzling newcomer will out-produce every other Hybrid Tea. It no sooner finishes one burst of bloom than it is off on another. Because of its continued bloom and its fine foliage, you will find it to be one of the most attractive rose bushes in your garden. Of all the roses that we grow, this one comes into bloom earliest in the spring, which is another valuable characteristic. Like all roses, Fandango has its faults. The flower loses petalage and size during very hot weather. Originated in the Armstrong Research Dept. by H. C. Swim. Plant Pat. No. 894.