Book  (Dec 2000)  Page(s) 365.  
 
Alphonse Karr Tea. Gilbert Nabonnand (Golfe-Juan, France) 1878

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 11.  
 
Alphonse Karr Tea, crimson-purple, center lighter, 1878, 'Duchess of Edinburgh' seedling; Nabonnand, G.

Book  (Jun 1992)  Page(s) 61.  
 
Alphonse Karr Tea. Nabonnand, 1878. Seedling of 'Duchess of Edinburgh' and a parent og 'Mme Antoine Rébé'. [Author cites information from different sources. The Journal des Roses says: "The Journal des Roses has lost one of its first collaborators in the person of Alphonse Karr, who died September 22 [1890]... at the age of 82. A most distinguished writer, Mons Karr not only provided a literary point of view, but also had a great reputation as a horticultural publicist. Born in Paris in 1808..." and "It is to Alphonse Karr... that we owe the first tentative steps towards the commercial culture of the Rose. In 1870, he created, in his garden in Nice, the first set-up for growing and marketing the cut flowers. Since then, that branch of horticultural agriculture has undergone enormous development..."]

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 381.  
 
Karr, Alphonse (tea) Nabonnand 1879; Duch. of Edinburgh X ?; light purple-crimson, center lighter, large, double, imbricated, fine form, opens, fragrance 6/10, floriferous, growth 7/10, bushy.

Book  (1912)  Page(s) 67.  
 
Race des Thé non sarmenteux. Groupe C.- Thé divers et non encore classés.
Alphonse Karr, Semis Duke of Edinburgh. Nabonnand 1879. Cramoisi foncé, centre plus clair.- fl. très grande, très pleine, imbriquée, odorante; très vigoureux.

Magazine  (13 May 1911)  Page(s) 231.  
 
The Parentage of Roses.
The following list of the world's Roses and their parentage has been compiled by Mr. Robert Daniel, 38 Russell Road. Fishponds, Bristol, and by his kind permission we are enabled to publish it...
Alphonse Karr... Tea, Nabonnand, 1878, Seedling Duchess of Edinburgh

Magazine  (Jul 1910)  Page(s) 267.  
 
Association horticole lyonnaise Procès-verbal de l’Assemblée générale du dimanche 19 juin 1910 ...
Examen des apports. -— Sont déposés sur les tables les produits suivants : ...— Par M. Janichon, jardinier chez M. Godinot, à Tassin : ...2° une collection de Roses en fleurs coupées ; dans le nombre on remarque les variétés suivantes : Belle Lyonnaise, La France, Mildred Grant, Frau Karl Druscki, Etoile de France, Général Gallièni, Caroline Swel, Jean Soupert, Alphonse Karr, Madame Caroline Testoud, Augustine Guinoisseau, Comtesse Riza du Parc, etc., etc.
....A M. Janichon, pour ses Roses, prime de 2^me classe

Book  (1905)  Page(s) 119.  
 
Alphonse Karr, Tea Rose (raised from "Duchess of Edinburgh" by Nabonnand, 1879). Large, full, imbricated, pale purple, crimson-red, pale in the centre. Vigorous, free-flowering, sweet-scented.

Website/Catalog  (1903)  Page(s) 61.  
 
Alphonse Carr  Dark crimson, medium size, vigorous grower. 

Book  (1902)  Page(s) 67.  
 
Thé. 1266. Alphonse Karr (Nabonnand 1879), cramoisi