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Yellow blend Hybrid Tea.
Exhibition name: Peace (hybrid tea, Meilland 1935)

Bred by Francis Meilland (1912-1958) (France, 1935).
Introduced in France by Meilland et Cie in 1942 as 'Madame A. Meilland'.
Introduced in United States by Conard-Pyle (Star Roses) in 1945 as 'Peace'.
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1947 as 'Peace'.

Hybrid Tea.  

Lemon-yellow, rose-pink edges.  Moderate, tea fragrance.  50 to 55 petals.  Average diameter 5.5".  Very large, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, globular, high-centered to cupped bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Large, rounded buds.  

Bushy, upright, well-branched.  Glossy, dark green, leathery foliage.  5 leaflets.  

Height: 4' to 6½' (120 to 200cm).  Width: up to 3' (up to 90cm).

USDA zone 5b and warmer.  Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) .  Can be grown in the ground or in a container (container requires winter protection).  Prune dead wood.  Prune lightly or not at all.  

United States - Patent No: PP 591  on  15 Jun 1943   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 451,039  on  15 Jul 1942

Tetraploid

Francois Meilland named the rose for his mother Madame A Meilland and it was poised for introduction in 1939. (Royal National Rose Society, Historic Rose Journal No.32 Autumn 2006 page11)

Some difference of opinion about parentage, see References for more information.
The US plant patent 591 does not have parentage information. The parentage we use here is taken from a 1950 interview of Antoine Meilland by George Adam which is recounted in Meilland: A Life in Roses, by Alain Meilland. Again, see References. Please also see the post from Paul Barden on this rose's "Comments & Questions" tab posted on 8 MAY 2006.