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'Wasagaming' rose References
Book  (11 Jun 1993)  Page(s) 56.  
 
(R. rugosa x R. acicularis) x 'Gruss an Teplitz'. Skinner (Canada) 1939. Description... [a] delightful shrub... the double mid-pink blossoms show hints of bourbon ancestry and limited aspects of its rugosa background... not widely available.
Book  (1967)  Page(s) 48.  
 
Some All-Canadian Roses
by Fred Blakeney, Victoria, B.C.
Now we come to the Dean of Canadian Hybridizers in the person of Dr. Frank L. Skinner of Dropmore, Manitoba, who has been hybridizing roses and other plants for over sixty years. [...]
Other originations followed in succession, the chief ones being:
"Wassagaming", (R. rugosa x R. acicularis) x "Gruss and Teplitz", a June flowering shrub, 3 feet high.
Website/Catalog  (1949)  
 
"Wasagaming - another Skinner introduction, everblooming. It is more double than George Will, but the pink tone is not quite as pleasing."

Percy Wright Catalogue - Hardy and Semi-Hardy Roses - Ca 1949
Book  (1943)  Page(s) 226.  
 
lists date of introduction as 1938
Website/Catalog  (1942)  Page(s) 15.  
 
Wasagaming - Another new variety raised at Dropmore. A strong vigorous bush growing about 3 feet high, flowers of soft clear rose, fully double and fragrant. In coloring and fragrance it recalls the true Cabbage Rose but this new hybrid is much hardier. Each... 75 cents.
Book  (Jul 1938)  Page(s) 90.  
 
Wasagaming: Originated at Manitoba Hardy Plant Nursery, Dropmore, Man. A strong, vigorous bush, grows about 3 feet high. Flowers soft, clear rose, fully double, fragrant. In coloring and fragrance it recalls the true Cabbage Rose, but is much hardier.
Book  (1935)  Page(s) 116.  
 
The Editor. The Ross Rambler and Other Hardy Roses
(Correspondence from Frank Skinner, Dropmore, Manitoba included in the article.)
"Rosa acicularis has given me only one fertile hybrid - R. rugosa x R. acicularis. This hybrid, however, has given rise to a number of fertile progeny, using pollen of some of the better garden roses. One of the most promising of these at the present time is R. rugosa acicularis x Gruss an Teplitz. At its best this hybrid gives very double flowers of the size, color, and fragrance of the old Cabbage rose, but with the tips of the petals slightly reflexed. Unfortunately, a large percentage of the flowers of this rose are not good as they might be. Of course, the exceedingly hot, dry weather we have had during the past two summers may have been the cause. The fact that it is fertile and has set seed to other roses of the same breeding gives rise to the hope we will soon step forward in our quest for a race of really hardy northern garden roses."
Article (misc)  (1931)  Page(s) 67.  
 
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