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'La Tosca' rose References
Book (2007) Page(s) 211.
Index of all the roses bred in Lyon, France.
Book (2006) Page(s) 206.
‘La Tosca’. HT. Good reliable rebloom. Good fragrance. Habit 5. Veuve Schwartz, 1901. ([Provenance:] Lykke, [Denmark])
Shell pink, darker on the reverse and toward the center of the flower, of delicious scent, large-flowered and vigorous. ‘La Tosca’ is a rose of stature. It has a quality reminiscent of older roses, a fine-textured, graceful flower.
Book (Dec 1999) Page(s) 522.
Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on January 14, 1900.
Book (Apr 1999) Page(s) 415.
La Tosca Hybrid Tea. Widow Schwartz 1900. 'Joséphine Marot' (Hybrid Tea) x 'Luciole' (Tea). The author cites information from different sources... Soft pink tinted with rosy white and yellow...
Book (Apr 1993) Page(s) 296.
La Tosca Hybrid Tea, shell-pink, center and reverse darker, 1901, 'Josephine Marot' x 'Luciole'; Vve. Schwartz. Description.
Book (Jun 1992) Page(s) 279.
La Tosca Hybrid Tea. Schwartz, 1900. From 'Joséphine Marot' (Hybrid Tea, Bonnaire, 1895, blush; parentage unknown) x 'Luciole' (Tea). The author cites information from different sources... Soft pink tinted with rosy white and yellow... Silvery pink with deeper center...
Book (1982) Page(s) 362.
‘La Tosca’ HT (Vve. Schwartz, 1901). ‘Josephine Marot’ x ‘Luciole’. Soft pink with darker reverse, large, 10cm / 4in across, open, cupped, fragrant, floriferous; growth strong, bushy; foliage deep green, leathery.
Website/Catalog (1960) Page(s) 12.
LA TOSCA (Vve Schwartz 1900). Rose tendre, onglet jaune. O[dorante]. VH [grande végétation].
[no longer listed in 1975]
Magazine (Mar 1952) Page(s) 1. trimester, p. 7.
Il n'y a pas de rose sans épine, dit-on. Ce n'est pas tout à fait exact, puisque « La Tosca », « Rose-Marie » en sont totalement dépourvues sur leurs rameaux. Elles ne portent que de fins crochets sous le pétiole commun de leurs feuilles.
Book (1948) Page(s) 225.
‘La Tosca’ (HT) Flower pale silvery-pink, tinted with rosy white and yellow, large, full, opening well. Growth very vigorous, flowering continuously. Autumn Bedding, Cutting. Button-hole Garden, Town.
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