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    'Delicious' rose Description
    'Delicious (miniature, Welsh, 1994)' rose photo
    Photo courtesy of Johno
    Availability:
    Commercially available
    Synonyms:
    • WELdel
    HMF Ratings:
    15 favorite votes.  
    ARS:
    Medium pink Miniature.
    Exhibition name: Delicious
    Origin:
    Bred by Eric T. Welsh (1929-2004) (Australia, 1994).
    Introduced in Australia by Rose Hill Roses in 1994 as 'Delicious'.
    Introduced in New Zealand by Amoré Roses in 2016 as 'Delicious'.
    Class:
    Miniature.  
    Bloom:
    Pink.  Strong fragrance.  26 to 40 petals.  Small, full (26-40 petals) bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
    Habit:

    Height: 2' to 32" (60 to 80cm).  
    Growing:
    USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  
    Patents:
    Australia - Application No: 1992/017  on  28 Feb 1992   VIEW PBR PATENT
    Synonym: WELdel. Applicant: Eric Welsh Roses.
    Parentage:
    seed: Avandel
    pollen:[ Unnamed Seedling × Friesia (floribunda, Kordes 1973)] × Unnamed Seedling
    Notes:
    The parentage differs slightly in some references,