Magazine  (2000)  Page(s) 85. Vol 94, Part 3.  
 
Charles Quest-Ritson.  England v Germany: the Wichurana Ramblers. 
Melita is a fully double sport of 'Thelma' ( Easlea, 1927) and a great improvement on what is already a good rose. Its fullness gives the flower much greater substance and brightness of colour than 'Thelma'. The flowers are a slightly peachy pink at first, and fade to carmine and blush pink, but the central petals are always paler and the backs of the petals darken with age. They are about 5-6 cm across, and come in small clusters (typically 5 to 12) but in greater quantity, and they are held for a long time, much longer than most roses: they seem unaffected by rain or sun. The leaves too are beautiful - soft,  light, shining green - and the plant is practically thornless.  

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 469.  
 
Melita (hybrid wichurana) Easlea 1933; Sport of Thelma; pale flesh-pink to coral-pink, large, very double, flat, rosette-form, in clusters of 4-12, floriferous, July, light green foliage, growth 8/10, climbing, 3 m. Sangerhausen