Rose Breeder  

Listing last updated on Mon May 2024

Bagdad, Tasmania 7030
Australia

Mr. S. J. Bisdee was an orchardist, farmer, a friend of Alister Clark and he wrote many articles in the Australian Rose Annual from 1933 to 1958. His articles were:
Mention of him in Alister Clark article. 1933-48
Mildew control . 1933-100
Roses in Tasmania . 1933-120
Tasmanian notes. 1934-132
Roses Up Country in Tasmania . 1937-80
Tasmanian roses . 1937-129
Tasmanian roses . 1938-122
Melbourne’s roses through Tasmanian eyes .1939-64
Tasmanian notes . 1939-126
Gwendoline Collins and Argosy . 1940-115
Tasmanian notes . 1940-120
pix of his garden . 1941-44
Rose deformity . 1941-92
Tasmanian notes . 1941-106
Tasmanian roses 1942-81
Tasmanian roses . 1943-82
Roses in Tasmania . 1944-84
Tasmanian notes . 1945-78
Tasmanian notes . 1946-90
Tasmanian notes . 1947-108
Tasmanian notes . 1948-100
Six indispensable roses . 1949-111
Red roses in Tasmania 1953-33
The decorative rose 1958-113
A rose society for Tasmania 1958-126

In the 1938 Australian Rose Annial page 123, he mentions unnamed seedlings:
I am flowering six or seven seedlings this year and several look quite promising, particularly a dark pink, from Ophelia by Countess of Stradbroke, and a light yellow, from Golden Dawn (pollen parent lost), which is very like its seed parent.