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    most recent 19 MAY 21  
    RoseWest Coast ®
    Initial post 6 DEC 15 by Patricia Routley
    Are either of these words of Maori origin - Nauru and Ngauru?
    Ngauru appeared in the early New Zealand references, but Nauru was registered. I have noted other odd spellings in the literature.

    Am trying to sort out the oddities between
    76/870. 'West Coast' MACnauru and (Red Planet x Arturo Toscanini)
    75/483. 'Pink Charm' MACsatur. (Sunday x Ferry Porsche)
    Both are pink HTs and both have been called 'Penthouse'.
    Both have different parentages.

    Later edit. See also
    79/1125. Ngauruhoe (hybrid tea, McGredy 1979) (Marin County x Crisp)

    If anyone has any references or advice on the Penthouse affair, I would be grateful.
    Reply #1 posted 18 MAY 21 by Johno
    ROSA, page 425 gives the breeding of MACnauru as
    [((Yellow Pages X Kabuki) X Golden Gate) X (seedling X Picasso)]
    Reply #2 posted 18 MAY 21 by Patricia Routley
    They were nearly right. We have (Marin County x Crisp) from Sam’s breeding records.
    Now if in ‘West Coast’ you open LINEAGE / PARENTAGE TREE, you will see (Marin County x Crisp) and their parentages.
    Reply #3 posted 19 MAY 21 by Johno
    Who supplied the breeding information to the registration authority? - Sam McGredy. Was this a case of Sam treating people like ducks and drakes?
    Reply #4 posted 19 MAY 21 by Patricia Routley
    Very good question. I don’t know. But Sam supplied wood to his distributors to test them out. I think if they grew well in the distributors country, the distributor would have registered them.
    Reply #5 posted 19 MAY 21 by Johno
    Agree, but the information had to originate from Sam in the first place.