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'Suitor' rose References
Book  (1994)  Page(s) 80, 121.  
 
Page 80: Suitor Alister Clark's delightful little, low-growing border rose... grows to not much more than thirty centimetres and is in flower from spring until it is hit by the first frosts in June [Autumn down under]. The little double roses are borne in huge clusters, opening bright pink... and fading to almost white...
Page 121: Suitor Alister Clark [no date given] Probably 1940s and possibly never officially released. Small bright pink flowers which fade to nearly white on a very low-growing bush
Magazine  (1991)  Page(s) 16. Vol 13, No. 3.  
 
Lilia Weatherly. An Afternoon with Susan Irvine. Susan showed Marjorie Palmer and Borderer which is similar to “Not Cherub”. After some research Susan has new decided that this is a little recorded rose called Suitor. The real Cherub was found by Susan at Clarendon House in Tasmania and also in Coldstream.
Article (newspaper)  (13 Apr 1946)  Page(s) 25.  
 
There were fewer blooms than usual when the autumn rose show was held by the National Rose Society of Victoria at the Melbourne Town Hall.
[...] best seedling rose "Suitor," raised and shown by Alister Clark; 
Book  (1944)  Page(s) 32.  
 
Alister Clark An Extraordinary Season. At “Glenara” I find the following Roses amongst the most useful ...... And in the small-flowered sorts are Tip Top, Alice Amos, Alice, Primula and Azalea.....
Book  (1941)  Page(s) 40.  
 
Alister Clark. The Roses in My Garden. I have a good seedling I call The Little Visitor, bred from Alice Amos, but almost crimson lake – I hope to issue it next year – also Suitor, of the same class, both lasting well in water.
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