'Seedling 4206' rose References
Book (1985) Page(s) 119. The genealogy of Super Star, a descendant of this seedling, was explained by Mathias Tantau to Jack Harkness and set out on p. 119.
Book (8 Mar 1970) Page(s) 23-24. The big four [roses of Harry Wheatcroft's] time: 'Peace', 'Queen Elizabeth', 'Fragrant Cloud' and 'Super Star'... sparkling salmon-vermilion... [Mathias Tantau told Wheatcroft:] "My father began this particular cross twenty years ago. Over the years, we have raised 100,000 seedlings carrying this strain -- and had to discard them all. Now we have just these three..."
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