Book  (Sep 1993)  Page(s) 364.  Includes photo(s).
 
Scorcher Large-flowered Climber. Seedling from 'Madame Abel Chatenay'... deep, strawberry-pink or cherry-red... almost single flowers...

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 540.  
 
Scorcher Climbing Hybrid Tea, dark red, 1922, 'Mme. Abel Chatenay' x Seedling; Clark, A. Description.

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 364.  Includes photo(s).
 
Scorcher. Large-flowered climber. The name, however apt it may have seemed to Australian raiser Alister Clark when he bestowed it in 1922, seems a bit exaggerated nowadays by comparison with such scorching colors as those of ‘Altissimo’ or ‘Danse du Feu’. ‘Scorcher’ is just a deep, strawberry-pink or cherry-red. The bush in full spring bloom (there are, unfortunately, no later flowers) is cheerful enough, and the almost-single flowers are individually quite pretty. Foliage is large, wrinkled and mid-green. Lack of scent is a demerit, which may prevent this rose from regaining popularity even among patriotic Australian gardeners. Seedling from ‘Mme. Abel Chatenay’. Spring flowering.
[Note - this text accompanied by a pink picture]

Book  (1990)  Page(s) 137.  
 
Scorcher Climber. Alister Clark 1922. Description. Flowers: scarlet-crimson, 8 cm

Magazine  (1979)  Page(s) 7. Vol 1, No. 3.  
 
Alister Clark Roses: Scorcher. 1922. intro. Hackett. Climbing HT. Large semi-double, open, slightly fragrant, brilliant scarlet crimson. Foliage large and wrinkled. Climber or Pillar, free non-recurrent bloom. ‘Mme. Abel Chatenay’ x ? seedling.

Magazine  (Feb 1968)  Page(s) 1. trimester, p. 13.  
 
Alester CLARCK a obtenu plus de cinquante variétés dont SCORCHER, un climbing aux fleurs rouge sang et LORRAINE LEE, un hybride de Gigantea largement utilisé sur la Côte d'Azur.

Book  (1954)  Page(s) 115.  
 
(reprinted from The Melbourne Herald, October, 1926.) Alister Clark: The Roses in my Garden: Other favourites are Scorcher, a last year’s production.

Book  (1950)  Page(s) 41.  
 
A. J. Webster, President The Rose Society of Ontario, Canada: I have adventured, also with several of the late Mr. Alister Clark’s charming creations such as ….. and Scorcher. ……all of these have been loved and lost – victims of our winters.

Book  (1946)  Page(s) 96.  
 
Mr. D. Toogood, Box Hill, Victoria: Companion Roses: ……in some of Mr. Alister Clark’s climbers it may be found that his Roses could supply us with the biggest half of companion Roses. I think ‘Editor Stewart’ and ‘Scorcher’ are practically the same in growing habits; both are red, but with a considerable difference.

Book  (1945)  Page(s) 85.  
 
…..received a letter from Mr. Rolland D. Lamping of Seattle, Washington, U.S.A: Scorcher and …… are newcomers and are climbing up on to a long cedar fence.