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'Betty Berkeley' rose References
Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 49.  
 
Betty Berkeley Tea, bright red, 1904, Bernaix, A.
Book  (Jun 1992)  Page(s) 62.  
 
Betty Berkeley Tea. Bernaix fils, 1903. The author cites information from different sources... Bright red shading to crimson scarlet... uniformly intense English red, with cochineal crimson and blood red... Notable for the intensity and solidity of the uncommon shade...
Book  (1946)  Page(s) 35.  
 
Alister Clark. Save the Roses. I have had good seedlings from 'Betty Berkeley' and .... to name a few and yet cannot now procure plants of them. It is easy to see that we may lose Roses that are invaluable for breeding. 
Book  (1936)  Page(s) 70.  
 
Berkeley, Betty (tea) Bernaix 1903; english-red, crimson and blood-red reflexes, medium size, double, lasting, solitary, floriferous, autumn-bloomer, long ovoid buds, straight stems, growth 7/10.
Book  (1928)  Page(s) 18.  
 
Alister Clark. Hybridisation at "Glenara". I have found Herr Peter Lambert's 'Gustave Grunerwald' a fine seed parent, and using the pollen of 'Betty Berkeley' on it I got 'Sunny South', one of the few roses in my garden that I would not like to alter in any one way. .... I think I have proved that ...'Betty Berkeley' is a potent pollen parent. .... Probably 'Betty Berkeley' has been thrown away by most growers in the race to procure all the Pernetiana novelties, and we are losing many of our fine old French tea roses from the same cause.
Book  (1922)  Page(s) 365.  
 
[in the listing of roses in commerce] Betty Berkeley (T.) P. Bernaix 1903. Flower cochineal carmine, changing to geranium red, medium, moderately full, opening well. Growth vigorous.
Book  (1913)  
 
Tea Roses
Betty Berkeley. -- An attractive red Tea rose without much pretence to form of flower. But it is distinct and showy, and helps the garden show. It is of free growth and blooms well.
Website/Catalog  (1912)  Page(s) 8.  
 
[General List] Tea-Scented Roses. Betty Berkeley. Crimson scarlet, semi-double; free flowering. Vig.
Magazine  (Jun 1911)  Page(s) 223(photo), 235.  Includes photo(s).
 
M. Claude Montel, horticulteur à Marseille, a bien voulu m’envoyer la Rose monstrueuse figurée page 223, sous trois aspects différents, de face, de dos et de profil. Elle appartient à la variété Betty Berkeley. L’arbuste, après avoir donné une jolie fleur normale, a produit cette déformation curieuse où se présentent six boutons de Roses à la périphérie du réceptacle.....L’anomalie présentée par la Rose figurée page 223, est ce que le tératologistes nomment une prolifération
Magazine  (2 Jan 1909)  Page(s) 12 vol 73.  
 
Such sorts as Fabvier, Old Crimson China and Charlotte Klemm, and some of the red Teas, such as Corallina, Warrior and Betty Berkeley are splendid on walls and will soon cover a height of 6 feet to 7 feet. 
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