Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 192.  
 
Fred Gibson Hybrid Tea, apricot suffused gold, 1966, 'Gavotte' x 'Buccaneer'; Sanday. Description.

Book  (1988)  Page(s) 144-145.  Includes photo(s).
 
Fred Gibson Description.

Book  (1984)  Page(s) 190.  
 
Joe Roscoe: Obituary. Fred A. Gibson, DHM. It is with sadness that I write this report of the death of Fred Gibson on 11 November, 1983 at the age of 85.....

Book  (1973)  Page(s) 59.  
 
Roy and Heather Rumsey, NSW. New Roses. 
Fred Gibson HT. (Sanday). We must admit to a little disappointment with this one. It is a pale maize yellow with about twenty petals. It may improve with another year on the plants, and perhaps come up to something like the reputation it has elsewhere.

Article (magazine)  (Dec 1972)  Page(s) 97.  
 
[McCann speculating on the breeder's reasoning behind choosing this rose's parents] Gavotte had the yellow blood of the amateur-raised Ethel Sanday (raised by another exhibitor, Oliver Mee), and I'm sure the intention was to bring back this yellow with the vigour of Buccaneer. Well, it happened -- probably beyond the hybridist's dreams. But as soon as the breeding was announced, just about every amateur hybridist started off by crossing other yellows with Gavotte -- and trying to better the Sanday roses. Of course it didn't happen.

Book  (1972)  Page(s) 141.  
 
Dr. Thomas, Victoria.  The New Ones. 
Fred Gibson. HT. (Sanday, 1966) is a tall erect type of plant with large maize-coloured blooms which are long-lasting and of high exhibition standard. I have grown it for two years and find it at its best in the autumn and most beautifully coloured then. We need a lot more good roses of light colouring.

Book  (1971)  
 
p151.  Dr. A. S. Thomas, Victoria.  The New Ones. 
Fred Gibson HT. (Sanday, 1970) ('Gavotte' x 'Buccaneer'). This rose has had a tremendous reception in Britain. I saw it there in June 1968, after hearing of it several times earlier and I was very impressed by it. That was its spring-summer flowering and it is said to be much better in the autumn. It is named for Mr. F. A. Gibson, president of the R.N.R.S. in 1965 and '66, formerly Amateur Champion of the R.N.R.S. on several occasions, an unusually keen and successful exhibitor and a hard-headed judge of a rose. He told me, in his typically restrained way, "I am extremely pleased with it." It was selected as best bloom in the Amateur Classes of the R.N.R.S. autumn show in 1969 when it was available on trial to only a few chosen growers. I can endorse all the enthusiasm and, of course, so far, I have had only spring blooms on a young plant. Growth is excellent - tall and vigorous with attractive dark foliage. The colouring is apricot and golden yellow with a lighter reverse.

p154. Mr. W. G. Treloar, Victoria. The New Ones. 
Fred Gibson (Sanday). This new cultivar is of healthy spreading growth and the maize yellow flowers are often tinged with light pink in the early season. This new cultivar is well worth trying and has won awards overseas including best bloom awards at R.N.R.S. shows in Great Britain.

Book  (1970)  Page(s) 150.  
 
Dr. Thomas, [Victoria].  The New Ones.  
Others of very recent distribution are worth watching for with eager anticipation. These include Fred Gibson