Article (misc)  (1985)  
 
Walter Schowalter, Alberta Canada notes :
Dr. F.L. Skinner - Joanna Hill x altai. Not completely hardy, and not a heavy bloomer. Blooms once. Nevertheless, this is one of the choice beauties, worth growing if there is room. Blossoms large, semi-double pale amber yellow, with petals of good texture, opening hybrid tea form. Tends to open and bleach as it ages, but it is still one of the best.

Newsletter  (1982)  Page(s) 43.  
 
Rosa 'Dr. F. L. Skinner'

Article (misc)  (7 May 1966)  
 
Personal correspondence - Robert Simonet to Frank L. Skinner:
Thanks for letting me know that one of my Roses got a Gold Medal in Holland and that it has been named Dr. F.L. Skinner. You certainly deserve the Honor but I am still a bit doubtful that the Rose deserves it - at least for our climate. Please note it is a 1st generation hybrid of "Joanna Hill x R. altaica". I never got anything of value in its F2 seedlings but I have used it extensively in further crosses with H.T. x Laxa and H.T. x suffulta hybrids with very fair results. I have also used it as seed parent to pollen of Percy Wright's "Hazeldean" and last year one of the seedlings made a very fair showing. Flowers open yellow and fade to cream but they are more double and of better form than the seed parent "Dr.FL Skinner", and quite a bit hardier. It also had a tendency to repeat although I would not say true everblooming. It might well be worth introducing if no bad fault shows up on further testing.
For my own purpose I have tagged it "Jaidean". Under separate cover I am sending you scions of it and also scions of "Dr. F.L. Skinner" which Mr. McNeill tells me you lost your plants of.