'Rosa Nora' rose reviews and comments

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'Rosa Nora' rose Reviews & Comments

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Discussion id : 71-389 most recent 17 MAY 13 SHOW ALL

Initial post 4 MAY 13 by andrewandsally

Reply #1 of 4 posted 4 MAY 13 by HMF supporting member

jedmar

Reply #2 of 4 posted 4 MAY 13 by andrewandsally

Thanks. Of course, no one knows the breeder, but my bet would be Casoretti, because Hardy uses the abbreviation Mon. or the word Monza to indicate that city and It., Ita. and Ital. for others. Of these others quite a number are almost certainly Casoretti varieties. Not conclusive, I agree, but a strong indicator.	REPLY

Reply #3 of 4 posted 5 MAY 13 by HMF supporting member

jedmar

Reply #4 of 4 posted 17 MAY 13 by andrewandsally

O.K. You want conclusive evidence, well, here it is (well, as conclusive as anything is likely to be at this point). I take the opportunity of attaching this information to comments refering to 'Nora' for reasons that will become clear.
Helpmefind readers following the gradual accumulation of varieties attributable to Giovanni Casoretti will know that among the varieties in the villa Traversi garden identified as being raised by him there were 'Pasta', 'Compton' and 'la belle Judith'. 'Compton' was Sir George Ferrars Compton Marquis Townshend who lived in villa Belvedere, also known as villa Compton, at Blevio on Lake Como. His neighbour was the great opera singer, born Giuditta Negri but known professionally by her married name Pasta. (The rose 'Negri' might refer to her or the Negri brothers who were camelia breeders.).
George Compton, whom Manetti refers to in several articles in the Gardener's Magazine as a person to whom Lombardy is indebted for the introduction of many plants, had to wards, Judith and Nora.