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• Conditorum
• Hungarian Rose
• Konditerrose
• R. gallica conditorum
• Rosa gallica var. conditorum Dieck
• Rosa hungarica
• Rosa rubra saccharina
• Rose Tidbit
• Tidbit Rose
• Zuckerrose

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Dark red.
Exhibition name: Conditorum

Bred by Unknown (before 1565).
Introduced in Germany by Dr. Georg Dieck in 1889 as 'Conditorum'.

Gallica / Provins.  

Crimson and purple..  Strong fragrance.  Average diameter 4".  Medium to large, semi-double to double, borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered bloom form.  Once-blooming spring or summer.  

Bushy, spreading, upright, well-branched.  Matte, medium green foliage.  5 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 3' to 5'7" (90 to 170cm).  Width: up to 3' (up to 90cm).

USDA zone 4b through 8b.  

Hungary, Anatolia

Tetraploid

Probably came to Hungary from Anatolia with the confectioners of the Ottoman Empire in the early 16th century.
A watercolour by Conrad Gesner (before 1565) possibly shows 'Conditorum'.