Book  (2004)  Page(s) 16.  Includes photo(s).
 
'Mme. Jules Thibaud' is an early Polyantha Rose. It was introduced around 1881 but by whom is unknown. It is very floriferous, with large clusters of flowers. It is repeat-flowering and fragrant. (Sport of 'Cecile Brunner'). Zones 5-11

Book  (2000)  Page(s) 140.  Includes photo(s).
 
'Mme. Jules Thibaud'. Raised by Unknown. Parentage: 'Cecile Brunner' sport. Introduced: Unknown. Type: Polyantha. Size 1m. Many people thought that this rose was lost, but it came to light in Otago, New Zealand some years ago. It forms the fourth of the group that includes 'Cecile Brunner', 'Perle D'or' 'White Cecile Brunner' and 'Madame Jules Thibaud'. In fact, there is a fifth member called 'Pasadena Tournament', also known as 'Red Cecile Brunner'. 'Madame Jules Thibaud' has foliage and growth similar to the others, but the flowers have more petals and there are times when they are quite deep pink, especially when newly opened. Sometimes there is a little orange in the throat, which pales with age. Because of the manner of the new season's growth (like the others in the group) it is difficult to obtain sufficient budwood to create enough plants to meet the ever-present demand.

Website/Catalog  (1999)  Page(s) 22.  
 
'Mme. Jules Thibaud'. Thought to be a sport of 'Cecile Brunner', this little rose is never out of flower with us, constantly producing sprays of perfect scrolled thimble-sized flowers in a rich peach pink. It is exquisite in posies. To 1m, it smells just like old-fashioned sweet peas, utterly delicious.

Website/Catalog  (Jun 1998)  Page(s) 79.  
 
Mme. Jules Thibaud A sport from 'Cécile Brunner', with deeper coloured, peachy-pink flowers...

Book  (Nov 1994)  Page(s) 151.  
 
Mme. Jules Thibaud Poly-pom. A sport from 'Mlle. Cécile Brunner', very near to it, but of peach colour rather than pink. I have been unable to trace its origin. 

Book  (1994)  Page(s) 54.  
 
[From "Mlle. Cecile Brunner and Her Entourage", by Deane Ross]
"....Gathered around Cécile Brunner like an entourage is a cluster of variations and look-alikes often confusing to the newcomer to the world of heritage roses....I will turn now to a less known rose - ‘Mme. Jules Thibaud’ - which is consistently described as a sport of ‘Cecile Brunner’. For several years I went along with this statement, but all the time it did not seem to ring true. The blooms were different, being somewhat larger. More especially the open petals reflex into parallel tongues - in exactly the same way as ‘Perle d’Or’. It seems more likely that ‘Mme. Jules Thibaud’ is a sport, not of ‘Cecile Brunner’ but of ‘Perle d’Or’. Everything points that way. My earliest reference to ‘Mme. Jules’ is in the Sunningdale catalogue of about 1958, prepared by Graham Thomas where he says that it is “... a sort of ‘Cecile Brunner’. By 1962 when Graham Thomas wrote “Shrub Roses of Today”, he said “....a sport of Cecile Brunner”. Was this a typographical error or did he reconsider the origin of ‘Mme. Jules’. And of course, once a statement has been made by such an eminent authority as G. S. Thomas, subsequent authors copy it without question."

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 340.  
 
Mme. Jules Thibaud Polyantha, coral-pink, 'Cécile Brunner' sport.

Magazine  (Mar 1993)  Page(s) 13.  
 
Deane M. Ross. Mlle. Cecile Brunner and Her Entourage.
....Gathered around Cécile Brunner like an entourage is a cluster of variations and look-alikes often confusing to the newcomer to the world of heritage roses....I will now turn to a less-known rose – Mme Jules Thibaud which is consistently described as a sport of 'Cécile Brunner'.  For several years I went along with this statement, but all the time it did not seem to ring true. The blooms were different, being somewhat larger.  More especially the open petals reflex into parallel tongues - in exactly the same way as those on Perle d’Or.  It seems more likely that 'Mme Jules Thibaud' is a sport, not of 'Cécile Brunner' but of 'Perle d’Or'. Everything points that way. My earliest reference to 'Mme Jules' is the Sunningdale Catalogue of about 1958, prepared by Graham Thomas, where he says that it is "........ a sort of Cécile Brunner'. 

Book  (Jun 1992)  Page(s) 248.  
 
Mme Jules Thibaud Polyantha. Introducer and date unknown. Sport of 'Mlle Cécile Brunner'. Description.

Book  (1983)  Page(s) 138.  
 
'Mme. Jules Thibaud'. Believed to be a sport from ‘Cecile Brunner’. Its colour is a deeper peachy pink. Young foliage is deep bronze and the flower when open has a rolled centre with a button eye.