Book  (1939)  Page(s) 113.  
 
Frank Penn, New Zealand: 
In districts where Pernetianas thrive, Marion Cran is a delightful bedding rose, its lovely colouring and free flowering make it most popular.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 180.  
 
Cran, Marion (HT) McGredy 1927; geranium-scarlet, veined orange and yellow, medium size, double, high-centered, lasting, solitary or up to 3, fragrance 4/10, floriferous, continuous bloom, deep yellow buds, flecked cherry and scarlet-pink, long strong stems, bronze-green foliage, growth 7/10, bushy, hardy. Sangerhausen

Book  (1934)  Page(s) 27.  
 
Harry H. Hazlewood.  The New Roses of 1934. 
'Viktoria Adelheid' ....after the style of Marion Cran

Website/Catalog  (1933)  Page(s) 80.  
 
Marion Cran (S. McGredy & Son, 1927) - Colour deep buttercup yellow, margined and flushed cerise and rosy-scarlet. Flowers are full, nice form and medium in size. Excellent as a bedding rose. Fairly good grower with bronzy foliage. Variable but very beautiful colour. Growth has proved very disappointing here. 60 petals.

This was the last time Marion Cran appeared in Hazlewood Bros. main list of Hybrid Teas.
In 1934 it was listed by name only in an 'also available' list but was not offered after that year.

Book  (1932)  Page(s) 115.  
 
Mrs. Rupert Downes -  on the roses in her garden.
Marion Cran.  Thin petalled, ugly grower.  Blooms pretty orange and pink, but too fleeting.

Magazine  (Jul 1931)  Page(s) 85.  
 
Marion Cran (S. M'Gredy & Sons, 1927). — Jaune d'or à l'éclosion, bordé de rouge cerise et rose écarlate au complet développement, le coloris extérieur des pétales ne change pas, tandis que le coloris à l'intérieur des pétales passe au rouge géranium écarlate teinté et veiné de jaune orange ; à l'épanouissement, le coloris passe au rouge cerise foncé ou rose écarlate nuancé de jaune doréoline, grande, pleine. Arbuste vigoureux.

Book  (1931)  Page(s) 83.  
 

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Alec Ross, Ashton, SA:  Rose growing in the Adelaide Hills.
Marion Cran and 'Portadown Bedder' make a very effective display with a yellow ground colour, flushed and margined with scarlet and apricot.
 

Book  (1931)  Page(s) 83.  
 
Alick Ross. Rose Growing in the Adelaide Hills. 
Marion Cran and Portadown Bedder make a very effective display with a yellow ground colour, flushed and margined with scarlet and apricot. 

Book  (1931)  Page(s) 124.  
 
Self-portrait in Flowers   
I met Mr. Francis E. Lester.   That was a happy memory to take from Monterey.   He is the chairman of the “Committee on Old Roses” of the Pacific regional rose conference.   A small man with a shrewd, kind face that suddenly grew remote and sensitive at the word “Penrith”.   (I had been lecturing there a few days before I sailed for New York, and the name cropped up.)   He comes from the Lake District, so the name made him homesick.   Mr. Lester is a very interesting rosarian - he grows ecae and many other species:  pteracantha, moyesii, and so on.   I had a moment of fun when he was very much confused.   He had not, I think,  caught my name.   Anyway, we came in time to a place where copper-bronze shoots were thick with bud.   “Marion Cran,  a new rose raised by Samuel McGredy,” he said briefly.   I walked beside him a step or two and then said,  “Do you like me?”  His dismayed bewilderment at this searching thrust was exquisite.   He faltered in his strike, glanced at me timidly, rallied his forces, and said with gallantry,  “Very much.”  I was enjoying myself.  
 

Magazine  (1 Jul 1930)  Page(s) 134.  
 
Harry H. Hazlewood.  Treasure Hunting for Better Roses. 
Two years ago ago McGredy sent out a fancy colored variety named Marion Cran, after a well-known horticultural writer in English papers. This year there is one after the same type and colour which they have called Porterdown Bedder.  It appears to be a better grower than Marion Cran, while the yellow, orange, apricot and pink shadings will be very welcome as something very different from the average run of varieties.