Listing last updated on 28 Apr 2024.

Nottinghamshire
United Kingdom

Thomas Robinson (1904 - July 1978), son of Thomas Robinson Sr.Thomas Robinson Jr. son of above, Rose breeder, moved to Guernsey in the early 1980s. See under Thomas Robinson Jr. (Guernsey).

[From Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, 1935, p. CXXXIII:] Awards of Horticultural Prizes at Newcastle, 1935 ....Collections of Cut Roses ...Thomas Robinson, Porchester Nurseries, Nottingham

[From Deutsche Baumschule, 1958, p. 183:] Thomas Robinson, from Nottingham, specialist for miniature roses, showed about 20 ....

[From Parsons Horticultural and Gardening Directory, 1975, p. 101:] Thomas Robinson (Flora) Ltd., Porchester Nurseries, Carlton, Nottingham, Tel. 246 022

[From Roses, by Jack Harkness, 1978, p. 136:] In due course the lead in England was taken by a little known nursery , Thomas Robinson of Carlton , Nottingham.

[From American Rose Annual, 1985, p. 96:] ...in front of me one of the first international agreements made to sell the newcomer. It was between Mr de Vink's Dutch agent and Mr. Thomas Robinson of Nottingham in England. And then the rose was still called Peon and the date June 1935.

[From Miniature Roses: Their Care and Cultivation, by Sean McCann, 1991, p. 10:] English nurseryman and nationally known exhibitor, Thomas Robinson of Nottingham, signed up with de Vink to sell his [Miniature] roses throughout Britain.