Newsletter  (Jul 2016)  Page(s) 10.  
 
[From "Felicitas Svejda: Who changed the way Northern Countries see Roses", by Claire Laberge & Roch Rollin, pp. 7-12]
After Dr Svejda retired, the rose breeding program was moved to Ag-Can L'Assomption Station where Ian Ogilvie (plant breeder) and Neville P. Arnold (plant physiologist) continued to release roses in the Explorer Series and worked on developing culture media for the micropropagation of all new cultivars selected for release. They introduced twelve of Dr Svejda's seedlings obtained from the tetraploid roses program. After the rose breeding program was moved again, some were also introduced from Ag-Can St-Jean-sur-Richelieu Station:
'Nicolas' 1996 = ('B08' × 'Applejack');

Book  (2008)  Page(s) 27, 31, 44.  
 
p. 27:  'De Montarville', 'George Vancouver', 'Lambert Closse', 'Nicolas' and 'Royal Edward' were tested in Ottawa for three years. They are bush roses....
'Nicolas' was released from L'Assomption in 1996. It was derived from a cross of two unnamed complex hybrids. It derived its hardiness from 'Von Scharnhorst' and 'Applejack'. In Ottawa it was hardy, flowered freely throughout the summer, was highly resistant to powdery mildew but susceptible to blackspot. It is an attracrtive tall shrub. The bright red flowers are fragrant, double and the petals have good texture.

p. 31: Another Simonet hybrid was S67. It was the progenitor of Quadra, 'Frontenac' and 'Nicolas'. With the progress of the breeding program the pedigree became more complex."

p. 44: Graph 7 Bush roses released from L'Assomption, QC...
Nicolas = B08 X L03