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"Somerville Big Pink" rose References
Book  (1937)  Page(s) 73.  
 
Mme. Caroline Testout HT (Pernet-Ducher 1890) [pollen quality] 37-58%
Magazine  (Aug 1936)  Page(s) 96.  Includes photo(s).
 
Jardin potager bordé de 'Tosca' et de 'C. Testout' à Gayonnet (S.-et-O.)
(Photo "Jardinage Copyright G. Truffaut").
Magazine  (1936)  Page(s) 126.  Includes photo(s).
 
Mad. Caroline Testout
Same photo: 1935 Spring issue, p. 94 (cut-out) ; 1937, p. 125
Website/Catalog  (1936)  Page(s) 6.  
 
Caroline Testout Hybrid Tea (Jos. Pernet 1890) Description.
Book  (1936)  Page(s) 698.  
 
Testout, (Mme.) Caroline (HT) Pernet-Ducher 1890; Mme. de Tartas X L. M. Fitzwilliam; silky flesh-pink, center vivid, outer petals silky pink, very large, well double, globular, fine form, opens, lasting solitary, fragrance 5/10, floriferous, continuous bloom, good autumn bloom, long stems, broad prickles, large foliage, growth 6/10, upright, 80 cm, bushy. World rose. More than 200 descendants. Rose lover in Grenoble. Sangerhausen
Website/Catalog  (1935)  Page(s) Spring issue, p. 94.  Includes photo(s).
 
Mad. Caroline Testout
Same photo: 1936 (Grüne Blätter), p. 126 ; 1937, p. 125
Website/Catalog  (1934)  Page(s) 115.  
 
Madame Caroline Testout (HT) (J. Pernet, 1890) Fiore molto grande e pieno, di un bel rosa carneo satinato. E’ varietà antica ma sempre ricercata.
Website/Catalog  (1933)  Page(s) 44.  
 
'Mrs. H. G. Johnstone'.....Not unlike Caroline Testout but with higher centre and more lively colour. 
 
Website/Catalog  (1933)  Page(s) 89.  
 
Mad. Caroline Testout (Hybrid Tea). A quite excellent and very popular rose of vigorous habit. Very floriferous, light amaranth-pink (8,5 ea/ga). One of the best group, forcing and cutting roses. ...Low garden plants 1 piece RM [Reichsmark] -.45  10 pieces RM 4.-    semi-standards 1 piece RM 1.-, standards 1 piece RM 1.60
Book  (1931)  Page(s) Vol. II, p. 685.  
 
A certain amount of French otto is also distilled from garden roses. 'Ulrich Brunner,' distilled with other garden blooms, give a fair quality oil or concrete, known as 'Roses de France.' Other varieties which frequently enter into the composition of 'Roses de France' concretes are 'Gruss an Teplitz,' 'Frau Karl Druschky,' Narbonnand, Van Houtte, Safrano, Paul Neyron, Madame Gabriel Luizet, Madame Caroline Testout, Baronne de Rothschild, Mrs. John Laing, Madame Maurice de Luze, François Juranville, Gerbe Rose and Gloire d'un Enfant d'Hiram.
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