Book  (Apr 1999)  Page(s) 388.  
 
Bloomfield Progress Hybrid Tea. Capt. Thomas/Bobbink & Atkins 1920. Parentage: 'Mary, Countess of Ilchester' (Hybrid Tea) x 'General MacArthur'... red...

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 55.  
 
Bloomfield Progress Hybrid Tea, medium red, 1920, 'Mary, Countess of Ilchester' x 'Gen. MacArthur'; Thomas. Description.

Book  (1940)  Page(s) 21, 23.  
 
Page 21: All the Bloomfield roses were produced by Capt. George C. Thomas, Jr., at his home of that name in Chestnut Hill, Pa., until he removed to Beverly Hills, Calif., where he continued his hybridization until his death in 1932.
Page 23: Bloomfield Progress Hybrid Tea. (Thomas; introduced by Bobbink & Atkins, 1920)... glowing red...

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 86.  
 
Bloomfield Progress (HT) Thomas 1920; M. Cts. Ilchester X G. McArthur; crimson-red, double, lasting, fragrance 7/10, bushy.

Website/Catalog  (1929)  Page(s) 13.  
 
Everblooming Roses
The so-called Everblooming Roses include the Hybrid Tea and Pernetiana groups. They do not bloom all the time, but if kept healthy and growing steadily, one crop of flowers succeeds another at brief intervals.
Bloomfield Progress. Hybrid Tea. (Capt. Thomas, 1920.) Imposing buds, opening to crimson-scarlet blooms of fine form and strong fragrance which last well when cut. Growth is moderately strong; foliage fine, resistant to disease; free flowering, and hardy.
Both brighter and darker than General MacArthur, with fuller and more lasting flowers. The stock has been very scarce, but it is a most excellent garden plant and should be in the front rank of all crimson Roses.

Website/Catalog  (1925)  Page(s) 25.  
 
Bloomfield Progress (HT) (Thomas) Very fragrant, solid, crimson flowers somewhat darker than ‘General MacArthur’ and holding its colour and form better in bot weather. The bud is larger and the flower fuller than that variety. The foliage is mildew proof while the growth is good. It is not good enough for exhibition, but a fine garden and cutting variety. 4/- each.
Recommended for garden.

Magazine  (Mar 1922)  Page(s) 21.  
 
"New Roses for the Garden" by Charles E. F. Gersdorff
A new line of Roses developed and described by Captain George C. Thomas, Jr. in the "American Rose Annual" for 1920 must be mentioned although I have not had opportunity for any personal observation of these varieties. However, the fact that they have been admired by others and have passed successfully the rigid tests conducted at the Rose Test Garden, Portland, Oregon, and have been produced by an amateur whose standard of excellence is very high and whose ability in judging the merits of Roses is well known, leads me to believe that one would not go far wrong in acquiring these varieties. I have in mind the following: [...] Bloomfield Progress is a Hybrid-tea, deep velvety scarlet, extremely double, with strong fragrance [...] All four were sent out in 1920 by Bobbink & Atkins.

Website/Catalog  (1920)  Page(s) 6.  
 
Bloomfield Progress.  Another of the beautiful Roses originated by Captain Thomas.  It resembles General MacArthur in the color of its blooms, but is different in habit, size and form of flower.  It is also an improvement on that variety in that the blooms hold their center better and are larger in hot weather.  The deep velvety scarlet blooms are extremely double, often having more than 50 petals, and are very lasting, with a strong fragrance.  It is a very vigorous grower of bushy habit.

Book  (1916)  Page(s) 67.  
 
Bloomfield Progress is a cross between 'Mary, Countess of Ilchester' and 'General MacArthur'