Giovanni Borgatti (March 3, 1885 Ferrara - June 20, 1974 Pescara) lived in Pescara from 1958-1965. Please see Member Comments for biographical notes.
[From
Les Amis des Roses, 1934. p.13:] Borgatti (Giovanni), Via Aurelio Saffi n° 20, Bologne (Italie)
[From
Les Amis des Roses, 1935. p.14:] Borgatti (Giovanni), Via Aurelio Saffi n° 165, Bologne (Italie)
[From
Modern Roses II, p. 24:] Giovanni Borgatti, Bologna, Italy.
[From
The Rose Annual, 1981, p. 115:] Giovanni Borgatti was no sooner discharged from his miltary service after the first World War, than he perfected his horticultural knowledge by spending three years at French and German nurseries. On his return to Italy, he raised his first roses. There are about twenty Borgatti varieties, but, a rare preprogative, only 'Jacqueline Mennrath', 'Ninfea' and 'Saonara' are still recognized as valid by their creator.
