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Discussion id : 115-165
most recent 31 JAN 19 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 30 JAN 19 by Patricia Routley
A couple of Australian references thought ‘David O. Dodd’ synonymous with ‘E. G. Hill’.
The 1937 reference is puzzling. McFarland quotes: (Vestal, 1926) and then adds “produced by the late E. G. Hill.” What did he mean by that last bit?
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Reply #1 of 4 posted 30 JAN 19 by HubertG
'David O. Dodd' first appears in the Vestal catalogues in 1927, listed under "Six New Vestal Roses" all named "from Arkansas historical facts". They were offering a free booklet about the naming of these "Arkansas legends" roses. Maybe it was simply a rose bred by E. G. Hill and introduced by Vestals.
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Reply #2 of 4 posted 30 JAN 19 by Patricia Routley
Thanks HubertG. There is no year showing on the catalogue page I have, so I presumed it was 1926. I’ll change the reference to 1927.
I thought that Vestal might not have bred the rose too, until I looked at their bred list: 22 bred and 6 sports. Perhaps it will give us more insight to know what the other five “Arkansas legends” roses were. Someone in little Rock, Arkansas is searching for the ‘David O Dodd’ rose and I suspect that they might find it in the Netherlands or France under the name of ‘E. G. Hill’.
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Reply #3 of 4 posted 31 JAN 19 by HubertG
The other five roses introduced with 'David O. 'Dodd' by Vestal's as a sort of patriotic set were 'Petit Jean', 'Dardanelle', 'Albert Pike', 'City of Little Rock' and 'Royal Red'.
Six roses introduced in one year is a lot for one breeder, so my intuition tells me that some were quite possibly bred by somebody other than Vestal, but named and introduced by Vestal's as a special historical celebration.

Edit: I just looked them up and 'City of Little Rock' and 'Royal Red' are both listed as being bred by the E. G. Hill Co.. So it makes sense that 'David O. Dodd' might be too.

My feeling is that 'David O. Dodd' wouldn't be 'E.G. Hill' simply renamed, but probably a very similar rose from the Hill stables, possibly coming from the HT 'E.G. Hill' itself, hence the striking similarity. Just my speculation though.
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Reply #4 of 4 posted 31 JAN 19 by Patricia Routley
Thanks HubertG. I’ll do more of a search on ‘E. G. Hill’ later today. Perhaps that might turn up something.
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