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Now that rosarians in the Northern Hemisphere are waking up from their long winter's naps, here's something to get the old grey matter in gear. (Our friends in the Southern Hemisphere can think of this as a bedtime story.) - Q: What is the oldest cultivated rose in the West?
- A: Rosa gallica. [From Roses of America, by Stephen Scanniello and Tania Bayard, p. 58]
- Q: What does the moss on a Moss Rose indicate?
- A: On moss roses that have sported from centifolias, the moss is soft and green. On those that are sports of damasks, it is dark and bristly. [From Roses of America, by Stephen Scanniello and Tania Bayard, p. 68]
- Q: What is the name of the rose that President Theodore Roosevelt always wore in his buttonhole?
- A: 'Duchesse de Brabant'. [From Roses of America, by Stephen Scanniello and Tania Bayard, p. 77]
- Q: What was the first Hybrid Tea?
- Some people believe that 'Victor Verdier', created by François Lacharme in 1859, was the original hybrid tea, but the rose generally accepted as being the first is 'La France', raised by Jean-Baptiste Guillot in Lyons, France, in 1867. [From Roses of America, by Stephen Scanniello and Tania Bayard, p. 86]
- Q: What was the first Floribunda?
- A: 'Rödhätte'. [From Roses of America, by Stephen Scanniello and Tania Bayard, p. 117]
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