Book  (Dec 2000)  Page(s) 99.  
 
King's Acre
Hybrid Perpetual
[John] Cranston & Company 1864
[the nursery was located at King's Acre]

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 386.  
 
King's Acre (HP) Cranston 1864; glossy scarlet-vermilion; flecked pink, reverse flesh-white, large, double, fine form, short prickles, yellowish foliage, growth 8/10.

Book  (1906)  Page(s) 82.  
 
5.259.  King's Acre,  Hybride Remontant,  Cranston  1864  rose

Book  (1902)  Page(s) 139.  
 
Groupe L. — Hybrides Remontants (non-classés)
4746. King's acre... (Cranston 1864)... rose.

Book  (1882)  Page(s) 16.  
 
King's Acre... Hybride Perpétuel. Cranston. 1864 Vermillon. Fleur grande. Plante moyenne.

Website/Catalog  (1880)  Page(s) 237.  
 
Rosiers Hybrides (remontants) Rosa Hybrida
303 King's Acre. — Grande, pleine, beau rose pourpré.

Magazine  (23 Mar 1867)  Page(s) 121.  
 
"Roses and the frost at Stamford" by Charles Laxton
During the nights of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th of January my thermometer registered here, in a walled garden at five feet from the ground, and in the open, 23°, 21°, 22°, and 22° of frost respectively... The snow here froze on the branches, and was three inches deep on the ground.... My list of uninjured (No. 1) may therefore be relied upon as containing only thoroughly hardy sorts.
Hybrid Perpetuals
King's Acre

Book  (1866)  Page(s) 223.  
 
New Roses of 1866.
King's Acre, Hybrid Perpetual (Cranston); flowers bright vermilion-rose; reverse of petals satiny; large, and of fine cupped form; foliage, rich dark-green; growth vigorous..

Magazine  (29 Nov 1864)  Page(s) 427.  
 
The New Roses....and now where is the selection?...I may add a fine crimson Rose of English origin, King's Acre, raised by Mr. Cranston.

Magazine  (Oct 1864)  Page(s) 212-3.  
 
Roses in 1864.
King's Acre is an English seedling, raised by Mr. Cranston, the colour vermillion rose, of intense brightness, and so fine in form, petal, and every other necessary quality, that it must be considered the best of the high-coloured roses of 1864...