Newsletter  (Aug 2010)  Page(s) 22.  Includes photo(s).
 
‘Sunshine’ (Polyantha, France, 1927, Marcel Robichon, USDA Zone 6 or Warmer) ‘George Elger’ x ‘William Allen Richardson’ ‘Sunshine,’ the “cover-girl” for this issue, was bred from ‘George Elger,’ (a short, bushy, 1912 Polyantha, introduced in France by Eugène Turbat & Compagnie) and the beautiful orange-yellow Tea Noisette, ‘William Allen Richardson’ (1878) bred by Marie (widow) Ducher from ‘Reve d’Or’. Like ‘George Elger,’ this is a smallish, bushy rose, which rushes to produces a steady stream of blooms, in handsome clusters. ‘George Elger,’ though, appears in rare photos to be an apricot-pink, not the coppery yellow of ‘Sunshine,’ which appears to take its color from ‘William Allen Richardson.’ It opens the same rich saffron color, with striking yellow stamens. Alas! The rich color quickly fades to a still-pleasing warm crème, but the change creates a pretty multi-colored effect. Its rich fragrance also bears witness to ‘Sunshine’s Noisette heritage., and bloom production is said to be “perpetual” through the season. Indeed, in my garden, it does seem to do just that.

Book  (Dec 1998)  Page(s) 576.  
 
Sunshine
Polyantha
Robichon (France) 1927
... small-growing rose... an unusual color for a Polyantha... clusters of double, golden orange flowers... fragrant...

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 585.  
 
Sunshine Polyantha, golden orange, 1927, 'George Elger' x 'William Allen Richardson'; Robichon. Description.

Book  (Jun 1992)  Page(s) 250.  
 
References is made to a yellow polyantha by this name and introduced by Cutbush in 1927.

Book  (Jun 1992)  Page(s) 250, 343.  
 
Page 250: Sunshine Polyantha. Robichon 1927. [Author cites information from different sources.] References is made to a yellow polyantha of the same name and introduced by Cutbush in 1927.
Page 343:
Sunshine
Polyantha
Altin Robichon (Orléans, France) 1927

Book  (1975)  Page(s) 68.  
 
Then came 'Sunshine' (Robichon, int. Cutbush, 1927), again registered as a polyantha, with delightful small double golden buff flowers. These were both of 14 chromosomes, so perhaps they should not be included, as I believe that all true floribundas should be of 28 chromosomes, or in the earlier form as hybrid polyanthas, 21.

Book  (1958)  Page(s) 395.  
 
Sunshine. Pol. (Robichon; int. Cutbush, '27.) George Elger X William AAllen Richardson. Bud ovoid, splashed carmine; fl. samll, dbl., open, fragrant, golden orange; cluster. Fol. glossy. Dwarf. (14)

Article (misc)  (1954)  Page(s) 43.  
 
Sunshine 14 chromosomes. G. Elger x W. A. Richardson. 1927. Cutbush.

Magazine  (Jun 1948)  Page(s) 2. trimester, p. 22.  
 
Sunshine, George Elger x WilIiam Allen Richardson, Petite, double, parfumée, orange doré, corymbes, feuillage brillant.

Book  (1947)  Page(s) 253.  
 
Entry for Sunshine is:
Sunshine. Poly. (Robichon, int. Cutbush, '27) Detailed description follows.