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"Barbara's Pasture Rose" (HP, Found, Parentage, Introducer, & Date Unknown) This little-known foundling bears sumptuous pink blooms, tinged violet. Opening as flat globes, finish as flat, five-inch, ruffled saucers, the fragrant blooms are gracefully erect, on sturdy green stems with few prickles, showcased against clean, medium-green foliage. This is a vigorous, mannerly, rounded plant, with a heavy spring bloom and a good Fall repeat. “Barbara’s Pasture Rose” has exhibited great resistance to powdery mildew and rust, in spray-free California gardens. Its “true” name may or may not ever be known, but under ANY name, this lovely foundling deserves to be better-known, and widely-grown. Collected (yes, in a pasture) near Cherokee, California, by Barbara Oliva of the Sacramento City Cemetery.

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Edmond Proust (Per ARS, LCl]. Barbier, 1903. R. wichurana x 'Souv. de Catherine Guillot'). We beg to differ with the American Rose Society! 'Edmond Proust' is definitely a RAMBLER of half-wichurana breeding. Very double blooms are pale rose & carmine, the deeper pink at the centers, fading to pale pink and finally white at the petal's edge. Blooms are borne in clusters of 3-6, on a plant climber to about 12 feet. (Donated by Anne Belovich).

(2005)  Page(s) 14.  
 
"Elias Field Plot” (Probable Tea Rose, Found, Parentage, Introducer, & Date Unknown) Judy Dean, Lynne Storm, Bev Vierra and Rusty Rolleri found this rose in a Gold-Rush-Era cemetery. “Elias Field Plot” is similar to the old China, ‘Ducher,’ though it is a bit more full. Rounded, almost egg-shaped buds never completely expand, creating an unusual effect, reminiscent of an elegant Edwardian lady wearing a bustle. White petals are occasionally touched with pink

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"Forest Ranch Purple Pom-Pom" (Found, No. California, Parentage, Introducer, Date Unknown) Sprays of fragrant, fully double, rich mauve blooms cover a compact bush that varies between 3 and 6 feet in height. This beautiful Northern California foundling comes from an old Butte Co. (California) homestead. Sherri Berglund. of B&B Nursery, says: "I've had “Forest Ranch Purple Pompom” for 5 or 6 years. It is a typical Damask Perpetual, reblooming, though not in constant bloom. I get a mid-summer repeat and a nice show in the fall. It is a short-statured plant for me; 3 feet or so. The one in the Sacramento Cemetery is perhaps twice that. Other than some fall rust, it is clean, and I don't spray. It's extremely fragrant -- a floral x damask scent to die for."

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“Georgetown Noisette” (Found, Introducer/Date Unknown) A fine Noisette, said to have been found in the Gold-Rush-Era town of Georgetown, California (North of Sacramento). Very fragrant blooms are a delicate pink, (may be paler, or white, in hotter climates). A button eye encloses delicate greenish-yellow stamens. Blooms are held in large clusters, similar to those of ‘Blush Noisette,’ on a healthy, disease-resistant plant of arching growth. Sprays are large. foliage light-to-medium green. Repeat bloom is rapid.

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“Gilbert Plot” (Found, Jeri and Clay Jennings, Parentage, Introducer, & Date Unknown) This remontant medium-pink rose was collected from the Gilbert Family Plot in the North San Juan City Cemetery. “Gilbert Plot” blooms well in the spring, and repeats in the fall, producing fragrant, rose-pink blooms singly and in small clusters. Completely clean in the untended North San Juan Cemetery, "Gilbert Plot" is happiest in inland gardens.

(2005)  Page(s) 14.  
 
‘Grandmom Schmidt’ (Delahanty, 2004) A pink sport of the Bermuda Mystery Rose, “Smith’s Parish” (believed by some to be ‘Five-Colored Rose’). Only the color differs from the original. There is the same vigorous growth if left un-pruned, the same sneaky prickles in the midrib of the foliage, the same lanky distance between the bud eyes, and the same disease free performance in the garden. Blooms tend to appear in candelabra style, with 17 to 25 petals, showing silvery pink inverses and darker reverses. So far, the color repeat is stable, with little or no reversion.

(2005)  Page(s) 6.  
 
“Katie'sMcNear Pink HP” (Found, Parentage, Introducer, & Date Unknown) Mauve-blend blooms are packed with petals and fragrance, in a form reminiscent of ‘Yolande d’Aragon.’

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Maid Marion (Walsh, 1909, parentage un-recorded, most likely R. wichurana x R. multiflora). Who could resist a rose with so romantic a name? This little-known Rambler blooms in large clusters of open, glowing, rose-pink single blooms. Individual flowers are large (2 to 2.5-inch) and slightly fragrant. A white eye is cradled by distinctively in-curved petal tips. Foliage is large, glossy, and medium-green. If you know 'American Pillar', think of 'Maid Marion' as a more refined and airy version of that famous rose, but with better foliage, and fragrance. (Donated by Dan Russo).

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“Miriam Wilkins” (Found, Miriam Wilkins; Parentage, Introducer, & Date Unknown) A beautifully-formed Hybrid Perpetual much in the style of ‘Baronne Prevost’ This rose has been observed in England, incorrectly labeled both as ‘Spencer’ and as ‘Enfant de France.’ Smooth, elegant, drooping foliage provides a dense foil for the pale, fragrant bursts of bloom. Found and propagated by Miriam Wilkins of El Cerrito, founder of the Heritage Roses Groups.