Book  (29 Dec 2009)  
 
'Jean Galbraith'. S, ab, Nieuwesteeg, J.; flowers buff apricot fading to soft buff, large, to 50 petals, cupped, borne in small clusters, moderate, fruity fragrance; recurrent; foliage medium green, shiny; vigorous, bushy growth. [sport of Abraham Darby]
Introductions: 1999

Website/Catalog  (2002)  Page(s) 41.  
 
‘Jean Galbraith’. Nieuwesteeg 1999. A sport of ‘Abraham Darby’. The appearance is similar to that of an ‘English Rose’. The cupped double blooms have up to 50 petals and are an attractive deep buff-apricot colour, paling to a soft buff shade with age. Rich, fruity fragrance. This rose is similar in growth habit to its parent with paler foliage. This rose has proven unlikely to ball in adverse weather. 1.5m x 1.m.

Website/Catalog  (2002)  Page(s) 12.  
 
‘Jean Galbraith’ (Shrub rose) 2000. The ‘Jean Galbraith’ rose is a sport of David Austin’s ‘Abraham Darby’ and has a similar growth habit. The flowers of ‘Jean Galbraith’ are quite distinct, the cupped blooms of approximately 40-45 petals are a very attractive deep buff-apricot colour, paling to a soft shade of buff on ageing. They have a rich fruit-like fragrance.

Book  (2002)  Includes photo(s).
 
p64 Photo. Caption: Palest apricot yellow, ‘Jean Galbraith’ is a sport of the much deeper apricot ‘Abraham Darby’.

p67 Then last year when my annual parcel of roses from Nieuwesteeg’s Rose Nursery in Melbourne arrived in early August, I was surprised to find included in it five (unsolicited) plants of a rose labelled ‘Jean Galbraith’. Attached to them was a note from John Nieuwesteeg saying that this was a sport of the David Austin rose ‘Abraham Darby’ (that man again!) which had appeared on one of his bushes. He had propagated and registered it, and thought I might like to try it…..The flowers of ‘Jean Galbraith’ are a gentle yellow, sometimes faintly flushed with the apricot of its parent. It grew amazingly even in its first year and the bushes are now close to 2 metres high and constantly covered in blooms.

Magazine  (Feb 2000)  Page(s) 74.  Includes photo(s).
 
Susan Irvine. …. ‘Jean Galbraith’….flowered for me in November and it has scarcely stopped since – soft creamy apricot blooms, paler than those of ‘Abraham Darby’ and not so many-petalled. But its scent is as sweet as that of its parent.