Magazine  (2021)  Page(s) 33. Vol 43, No. 4.  
 
Lynne Chapman and Billy West. A Close Look at Tea Roses
3. Incorrectly identified Tea roses, where we have been able to establish the correct name. A Tea rose is in commerce around the world today as Souvenir d’Élise Vardon, a rose which early colour descriptions tell us was light straw yellow or yellowish white to delicate light pink. The rose often sold under this name seems too brightly coloured to match these descriptions but we know that the colours of Tea roses can vary. So we needed more to go on and Paquet and Rouillard provided more in the year it was introduced, describing the peduncles of Souvenir d’Élise Vardon, as ‘showing little brownish hairs along their whole length’ and the receptacle also as ‘sprinkled with little brownish hairs’.

Glands or hairs or both, they are not present on the shiny, smooth pedicels of the rose sold as Souvenir d’Élise Vardon today, so careful observations from the 1850s gave us proof that this rose was misidentified - but what was it? Fortunately, the same rose is also in commerce under another name, its correct name, Mlle Franziska Krüger, 1879 and, as well as early descriptions matching, we have the proof of identity from a colour sport, Blumenschmidt which occurred in Germany and was released in 1905. Like its parent, it can show a hard green centre which occasionally contains many tiny buds.

Magazine  (2019)  Page(s) 51. Vol 41, No. 1.  
 
Margaret Furness.  Tea, Noisette and China Mislabels in Australia.
Souvenir d’Elise Vardon in commerce here and elsewhere is Mlle Franziska Krüger. (Called “Freddy Krȕger” by some who don’t like its proliferative habit.)

Book  (2 Nov 2003)  Page(s) 20.  
 
Barbara May and Jane Zammit.  Rookwood Cemetery Roses.  
The following roses have been identified at Rookwood, primarily in the old and Heritage listed areas  Souvenir d'Elise Vardon

[Note - further study revealed "Evelyn Dickings" was proved to be 'Mlle. Franziska Kruger']

Book  (28 Apr 2002)  Page(s) 78.  
 
[Listing of roses at L'Haÿ in 1902]
Tea roses
1788. Mademoiselle Francisca Krüger, (Nabonnand 1879), jaune et rose

Book  (2001)  Page(s) 196.  
 
Mlle. Franziska Krüger (Nabonnand, 1879)
From 'Catherine Mermet' (T) x 'Général Schablikine' (T)
['Grand-Duc héritier de Luxembourg' is no longer stated as a synonym]

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 346.  
 
Mlle. Franziska Krüger Tea, coppery yellow and pink, center often green, 1880, 'Catherine Mermet' x 'Gén. Schablikine'; Nabonnand, G. Description.

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 109.  Includes photo(s).
 
('Mlle. Franziska Krüger', 'Grand Duc Héritier de Luxembourg') Tea. Heat tolerant. Nabonnand (France) 1879. ('Catherine Mermet' x General Schablikine') Repeats. Liable to mildew. Height: 3 1/2 ft. Good scent.

Book  (Jun 1992)  Page(s) 50.  
 
Mlle Franziska Krüger ('Grand Duc Héritier de Luxembourg') Tea. Nabonnand, 1879. Parentage: 'Catherine Mermet' x 'Général Schablikine'. [Author cites information from different sources.]

Article (misc)  (1954)  Page(s) 38.  
 
Mlle. F. Kreuger 14 chromosomes.

Website/Catalog  (1938)  Page(s) 21.  
 
Tea. Franziska Krüger (Nabonnand 80). Flesh-coloured, with copper-yellow and pink, old well-known sort.