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'Mrs. Charles E. Russell' rose Reviews & Comments
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Discussion id : 169-278
most recent 10 DEC HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 10 DEC by HubertG
The article in 'The Florists' Exchange' of 6th March 1915 on page 535 provides Alexander W. Montgomery's own account of his breeding of 'Mrs. Charles Russell' which amounts to a cross between 'General MacArthur' and a seedling of his own development. If his explanation uses the standard conventions, then the pedigree should be 'General MacArthur' x [Climbing Mrs. W. J. Grant x {Mme Caroline Testout x (Mme. Abel Chatenay x Marquise Litta)}] to my reckoning.
It's interesting that he uses the climbing form of 'Mrs. W. J. Grant' something which isn't mentioned in the other references.
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Reply #1 of 2 posted 10 DEC by jedmar
Very interesting! Parentage modified accordingly.
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Reply #2 of 2 posted 10 DEC by HubertG
Thank you! I see where the number of descendants of 'Climbing Mrs. W. J. Grant' has now jumped up from "5 unique descendants" to 14,632. :-)

I'm hoping that Montgomery was also asked about the breeding of 'Hadley' as I suspect a similar breeding was behind this rose rather than the somewhat ambiguous one often cited.
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