Website/Catalog  (1982)  Page(s) 49.  
 
Frensham A good hedging rose of bright red. Very thorny and vigorous. Mildews rather badly these days. Tall. Norman 1946.

Book  (1978)  Page(s) 97.  
 
It's a compliment to my teacher and predecessor, William Ernest Harkness that Norman selected him to distribute his roses.....I am told the approach was a request to try the seedlings and to introduce any of sufficient merit....... I understand they arrived on our nursery in Hitchen in 1943..... When Norman's seedlings flowered in 1944, they were like day-dreams come true.   Out of that batch came 'Ena Harkness' and 'Frensham', destined to run for some years as Britains's best red Hybrid Tea and Floribunda......When asked to nominate his 'Masterpiece' for the Rose Annual 1953 he put it down to 'Frensham'.   He added his thanks to Wilhelm Kordes, without whose 'Crimson Glory' there would have been no 'Frensham', no 'Ena Harkness', nor a great many other roses.  That is a very proper tribute, some breeders give one the idea that they did it all by themselves. 

Book  (1978)  Page(s) 122.  
 
‘Frensham'    Tall   Crimson  Remontant    P2   H1  ** 
Raised  by Albert Norman, and introduced by  my firm in 1946, Trensham'  was so much better than all other red Floribundas in colour and vigour, that it was scarcely profitable for nurserymen to grow its rivals. From this grand entrance, it suddenly fell into trouble about 1955, by acting as a universal host to mildew. It is the prime example  of an apparently fool-proof rose letting the pundits down. The most convincing explanation I have heard is that a particular form of mildew  became prevalent after its introduction; perhaps, even, with its help. After twenty years in disgrace, 'Frensham', which had the hardihood  to survive its invalid years in the hands of less particular gardeners, now appears to be rewarding them in its old form, without the mildew.  
Mr Norman  gave  its origin as ('Miss Edith Cavell' x 'Edgar Andreu') x 'Crimson Glory'. He was not quite certain of the seed parent, having assumed that the cross occurred due to proximity, and from the appearance of the seedling. He was most probably right, being an observant and intelligent rosarian; and if so, we have in 'Frensham'   a mixture of Polyantha, Wichuraiana, China and Hybrid Tea. From its unorthodoxy  and sterility, it could indeed be such a hybrid.

Book  (8 Mar 1970)  Page(s) 32.  
 
'Ena Harkness', one of the finest roses of our time, was raised by an amateur, Mr. Albert Norman, whose real job was connected with diamond cutting in Hatton Garden. But his success with 'Ena' was no fluke, for he also gave us 'Frensham', for many years the best seller among floribundas, and he later produced 'Isobel Harkness', 'Ann Elizabeth', 'Vera Dalton', and others.

Website/Catalog  (1970)  Page(s) 9.  
 
FRENSHAM. — Larges fleurs rouge pourpre brillant. Très rustique. 70 à 80 cm.

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Magazine  (Nov 1965)  Page(s) 4. trimester, p. 14.  
 
Le Concours de La Haye 1965....Il est rappelé qu'en 1964, il fut attribué par le Jury, les certificats suivants correspondant aux catégories ci-dessus : C) [Certificat « Roses des Parcs] QUEEN ELISABETH, FANAL, BRENNENDE LIEBE, FRENSHAM, GOLDBUSCH, BUISMAN'S TRIUMP, FERVID, PARKDIREKTOR RIGGERS, ANNEKE DOORENBOS MAIGOLD.

Book  (1962)  Page(s) 40-41.  Includes photo(s).
 
Frensham (hybrid polyantha, Norman-Harkness 1946) - Forms beautiful, well-branched, strong bushes. The semi-double blooms attract all eyes with their deep blood-red colour. A resistant, hardy and floriferous variety.

Article (misc)  (1960)  Page(s) 110.  
 
Frensham No hips. Triploid.

Website/Catalog  (1958)  Page(s) 30.  
 
Hybrid Polyantha or Floribunda Roses. Frensham (Norman 1946). Large semi-double blooms varying from scarlet to bright red.  They are freely produced on tall branching thorny growth.  Semi-double.  Tall. 

Book  (1955)  Page(s) 109.  
 
'Frensham' (Hedge). Polyantha hybrid. The shapely dark red blooms are gathered in large, or somewhat smaller clusters, which flower continuously all summer and till late harvest. The foliage is fresh and healthy and it is possibly the best of recent red roses suitable for hedges, large beddings and in the front row of bush plantings. Very tall.