'The Duke' Rose

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'The Duke' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Erica Hall

HMF Ratings:

3 favorite votes.

ARS:

Red blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: The Duke

Origin:

Bred by Gordon J. Von Abrams (United States, before 1955).
Introduced in United States by Peterson & Dering in 1956 as 'The Duke'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Purple, silver(y) reverse, light yellow undertones. Mild fragrance. 50 to 60 petals. Average diameter 5.5". Very large, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, high-centered to cupped, reflexed bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Medium, pointed buds.

Habit:

Upright. Large, semi-glossy foliage. 3 to 7 leaflets.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 1,522 on 2 Oct 1956 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 544, 100 on 31 Oct 1955

Gordon J. Von Abrams, Scappoose, Oreg., assignor to Eldon Pinkey Dering, doing business under the name of Peterson & Dering, Scappoose, Oreg.

Parentage:

Applause (hybrid tea, Swim, 1947) × Peace (hybrid tea, Meilland 1935)

Notes:

Actor John Wayne (a.ka. Duke) was born Marion Morrison in Winterset, Iowa, 26 May 1907. He died in California 11 June 1979.