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Newsletter  (2021)  Page(s) Winter issue, p. 17.  
 
[From "Dad and his Roses", by Mary Buck, Spring/Fall 2008, pp. 14-21]
El Catala – named for Pedro Dot. Dad wanted something Spanish, so he wrote to Simon Dot, Pedro’s son asking for his advice. Simon said his gather was always proud of being a Spaniard but that he was most proud of being a Catalonian, so El Catala is Catalonian for “The Catalonian.” The correspondence between Maria Anthonia and Dad had ended with the Spanish Civil War and Franco’s regime but in the mid-70’s Simon Dot wrote Dad with a propagating question. When Dad replied, he asked about Maria Anthonia. Of course, here came a letter back, how did Dad know her. Dad wrote back the explanation and the next letter came from Spain came with “mi casa es sous casa.” In 1984, Dad was lucky enough to get invited to a meeting of rose propagators in Seville and he went to Barcelona to meet the Dots. Unfortunately, Maria Anthonia passed away about a year before Simon wrote Dad with his question.
Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 153.  
 
El Catalá Grandiflora, medium red, reverse light pink, 1981, 'Wanderin' Wind' x (('Dornroschen' x 'Peace') x 'Brasilia'); Buck. Description.
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