Website/Catalog  (18 May 2022)  Includes photo(s).
 
Simply the Best - Macmaster  Hybrid Tea Bush Rose  
Rose Of The Year 2002. Simply The Best is very attractively shaped large & bright burnt mandarin/copper hybrid tea roses with strong fragrance. A Hybrid Tea garden rose which repeat flowers in profusion on tough, healthy, glossy foliage. A superb gift rose for a variety of occasions.  Fragrance: Medium/Strong.  Bush Rose Height: 100-120cm
 

Website/Catalog  (6 Dec 2015)  
 
http://www.matawhero.co.nz/story%20matawhero%20rose

Story Three – The Matawhero Rose
Naming a rose after Gisborne's Matawhero Wines has always been in the back of the minds of world renowned rose breeder, Sam McGredy’s mind. But it took him 10 years for a suitable rose to be created. Matawhero Magic, a magnificent deep bronze colour rose with the scent of heavy musk perfume was launched in 1998 and was dedicated to the memory of the Late Bill Irwin who as the creator or Matawhero Wines himself was a visionary, rose lover and regarded as the pioneer of modern viticulture in New Zealand. Mr McGredy said the rose was the colour of good Gewurztraminer for which Matawhero is most famous. He had picked this rose for Matawhero because it had strong, vibrant colour, in keeping with the wine and its maker, “A gorgeously extroverted lad with panache and style”. (The Gisborne Herald, February 2, 1998) The 'Matawhero Magic' Rose was awarded The Certificate of Merit at The Hague and now graces the new gardens at the historic Matawhero Cellar door in Riverpoint Road since the Searle’s purchased and rejuvenated the lovely 38 acre property.

Booklet  (2008)  
 
An Information List of all Varieties. p8
1998. Matawhero Magic - Macamster. For the Gisborne winery.

Book  (2007)  Page(s) 134.  
 
Doug Grant. Final Analysis 2007
Matawhero Magic (MACamster) McGredy 1998. HT. ('Spek's Centennial' x 'New Year') 46 reports, 61 plants, Garden:7.5, Exhibition: 7.4, height med/tall. Musky fragrance. Bronze coloured blooms, unusual colour which stands out in garden, repeat flowering, blooms open fast

Magazine  (Jan 2005)  Page(s) 4.  
 
2004 Roses In Review – Floribundas & Polyanthas: Garden ratings = 7.3; Show ratings = 7.1; Number of reports = 64 - Nice form and color, but plant is nothing special for most.

Book  (2005)  Page(s) 108.  
 
Peter Bamber. Review of the Newer Roses for the 2004-2005 Season. Hybrid teas.
Matawhero Magic (MACamster) McGredy 1998: Garden rating 7.9: Exhibition rating 7.7. 7 bushes, 7 reports: Disease Resistant: Light fragrance: Medium height: Bronze flowers. Manawatu - one of the best from McGredy. Not big flowers but good for picking. Waikato loves the colour, small exhibition blooms, makes a great vase. BOP likes the golden orange blooms, repeat is excellent with good growth. Manawatu - loves the striking colour with small blooms, lovely for picking and vases. Glossy foliage, blackspot is a problem.

Book  (2004)  Includes photo(s).
 
p49. Photo Matawhero Magic, HT at Lady Norwood Rose Garden. Photograph Fr. Paul Shannahan.

p58. Bill Roche. The Lady Norwood Rose Garden - the best performing roses.
Matawhero Magic - Deep bronze flowers, scented.

p109. Peter Bamber. Review of the Newer Roses for the 2003-2004 Season. Hybrid teas.
Matawhero Magic (MACamster) McGredy 1998: Garden rating 7.6. .Exhibition rating 7.0: 11 bushes, 8 reports: Disease Resistant: Light fragrance: Medium height: Bronze flowers. Gisborne - great colour, healthy, flowers well. Canterbury good colour but often on short stems. Great colour in the garden. Nelson also likes the colour and says it's not an exhibition rose. Woodville - great picking rose; every garden should have one. North Otago - lovely display, dazzling colour, so refreshing.

Magazine  (May 2002)  Page(s) 38.  
 
'MACamster', F, dy, 2001, (Simply the Best), Top Notch™'; Published on page 39, American Rose March 2002, additional synonym received: Matawhero Magic.

Article (misc)  (Mar 2002)  Page(s) 39-40.  
 
MACamster, Floribunda, flowers deep yellow, deep gold upper, slightly darker gold reverse [dy], 2001, ('Simply the Best'), Top Notch™; 'Singin' in the Rain' x 'New Year'; Sam McGredy; Weeks Roses, 2003

Book  (2002)  Includes photo(s).
 
p101. Gerard Williams. Review of the Newer Roses for the 2001-2002 Season.
Matawhere Magic (MACamster) McGredy 1998; 'Speks Centennial' x 'New Year'; 13 reports on 20 bushes; 1-3 years; 1.3 metres; 7.1 rating. Bronze. Healthy bush of medium height, musky perfume. North Otago say healthy, but blooms blow fast. Good colour and repeat. Otorohanga says lovely colour with good repeat but some split centres. Rodney also says healthy, magic colour and good repeat. Canterbury says small blooms but good colour. One Otago grower says eyecatching colour and some lovely large stems in the autumn. Another Otago grower loves the colour. Plenty of new growth and healthy. Southland also find it healthy and love the colour. Canterbury loves the colour on a tall bush with lots of smaller exhibition blooms.

p112-113. Photo. Matawhere Magic HT. Photograph De Boer Roses.