Book  (2002)  Page(s) 26.  
 
Rated 8.2

Book  (2000)  Page(s) 115.  Includes photo(s).
 
‘Betty Prior’ =Floribunda. C’est l’un des survivants des précurseurs des floribundas, alors appelés hybrides de Polyantha… grands bouquets… églantines à 5 pétales… rose pur, lavées d’argent au creux de leur coupe, s’ouvrent sur un cœur ivoire ponctuées de menues étamines… arbuste érigé… bien pourvu d’un feuillage mat et sain. Sa rusticité et sa longévité font de ce rosier une valeur sûre pour les jardins et les parcs… Betty Prior faisait partie de la famille de l’obtenteur, établi à Colchester dans l’Essex, Prior, UK 1935.

Translation:

'Betty Prior' = Floribunda. This is one of the survivors of the precursors of floribundas, so called hybrid Polyantha ... big bouquets ... wild roses ... pink with 5 petals pure, washed silver in the palm of their cutting open a heart ivory punctuated by minor stamens erect shrub ... well ... a long and healthy foliage mat. Its hardiness and longevity make this rose a safe bet for gardens and parks ... Betty Prior was part of the family of the breeder, based in Colchester in Essex, Prior, UK 1935.

Website/Catalog  (4 Jan 1999)  Page(s) 42.  Includes photo(s).

Book  (1997)  Page(s) 32.  
 
A classic hardy, disease-resistant variety with single flowers in shades of pink and mauve.

Book  (Sep 1993)  Page(s) 75.  Includes photo(s).
 
Betty Prior Cluster-flowered. D. Prior & Son (England) 1935. Description... pink, signle... the plant will grow anywhere, resisting cold, heat, disease and unskilled gardeners, to give abundant flowers right through the season... Parentage: 'Kirsten Poulsen' x unnamed seedling...

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 49.  
 
Betty Prior Floribunda, carmine-pink, single, 1935, 'Kirsten Poulsen' x Seedling; Prior. Description.

Book  (May 1992)  Page(s) 262.  Includes photo(s).
 
Betty Prior Description... Clusters of largish, single, slightly cupped flowers of rich carmine-pink... One of the best Floribundas from the 30s...

Website/Catalog  (1982)  Page(s) 18.  
 
Betty Prior Prior 1935. Rose vif, simple, très résistant et florifère.

Book  (1978)  Page(s) 120.  
 
Priors of Colchester had a distinguished career, in which they won the Nurserymens'
Championship of the National Rose Society, and bred two of the best Floribundas of the 1930s 'Donald Prior' and 'Betty Prior'.
'Betty Prior' was single and pink, not at first sight a glamorous rose; but she had two great qualities, of insistence to bloom, and of hardiness. She is still widely grown in the United States, and in those parts of Europe where hardiness is essential. She was a seedling of `Kirsten Poulsen', introduced in 1935.

Website/Catalog  (1975)  Page(s) 18.  
 
BETTY PRIOR Rose foncé et carmin. 70/80. Fleurs simples Vigueur et floribondité extraordinaires. Pas de maladies. Résistante au froid

[no longer listed in 1978]