'Mademoiselle Blanche Lafitte' rose References
Magazine (2016) Page(s) Table S2. mme blanche lafitte, Origin of the sample: Val de Marne rose garden, Genetic group 8, Percentage of assignation: 42.3, 1851, B, Pradel, Origin: France SW, Ploidy: 4, measured
Book (2000) Page(s) 120. Includes photo(s). ‘Blanche Lafitte’/’Melle Blanche Lafitte’ = Bourbon. Généreux, il prodigue tout l’été ses fleurs rondes et pleines, blanc nacré effleuré de rose carné. Devenu presque introuvable, c’est l’un des rares Bourbon blancs. Son obtenteur, Pradel, plus connu pour ‘Maréchal Niel’, créa 162 hybrides dans sa pépinière de Monteauban. Pradel, France, 1851. Ascendance inconnue.
'Blanche Lafitte' / 'Melle Blanche Lafitte' = Bourbon. Generous, it lavishes all summer its round and full flowers, pearly white touched with meaty pink. Become almost impossible to find, it is one of the rare white Bourbon. Its breeder, Pradel, better known for Maréchal Niel', created 162 hybrids in his Monteauban nursery. Pradel, France, 1851. Ancestry unknown
Book (Apr 1993) Page(s) 54. Bourbon (OGR), white, 1851, Pradel. Flowers rosy white, full, medium blooms in clusters; vigorous; repeats in autumn.
Book (Jun 1992) Page(s) 107. Mlle Blanche Laffitte ('Blanche Lafitte') Bourbon. Pradel 1851... Faintly tinged with flesh-color... color, flesh-white...
Book (1936) Page(s) 397. Lafitte, Mlle. Blanche (bourbon) Pradel 1851; flesh-pink to white-pink, medium-size, double, fine form, in clusters of 5, drooping, floriferous, autumn-bloomer, growth 7/10, climbing, 1 m., robust. Sangerhausen
Website/Catalog (1933) Page(s) 88. Blanche Lafitte (Bourbon rose). White (9,5 ec)...Low garden plants 1 piece RM [Reichsmark] -.60
Website/Catalog (1925) Page(s) 84. Bourbon Roses...Blanche Lafitte. Incarnate-white...Low-grafted garden plants 1 piece G.-M. [Gold-Mark] 1.-
[no longer listed in the 1937 catalogue]
Book (1905) Page(s) 122. Blanche Lafitte Bourbon R. (raised by Pradel, 1851) Medium size, full, somewhat drooping, flesh colour shading to white, flowering freely in clusters.
Website/Catalog (1889) Page(s) 18. Blanch Laffitte—Blush white, full and double, a strong grower.
Book (1885) Page(s) Vol. 1, A-L, p. 161. Bourb. Blanche Lafitte Pradel 1851. Vigorous shrub, autumn flowering, in clusters; flower medium, full; color rosy white; variety highly recommended for bouquets.
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