Website/Catalog  (1914)  Page(s) 14.  
 
Hybrid Tea Roses.
Avoca, Alex. Dickson & Sons, Ltd., 1907, very vigorous. Crimson-scarlet, buds very long and pointed, flowers large and sweetly perfumed. Specially good as a cut back. Gold Medal, N.R.S.

Magazine  (27 Jul 1912)  Page(s) 379.  
 
Roses With Bad Habits.
Avoca [is] beautiful at times, but woefully thin, and it has also a tendency to turn blue.

Magazine  (1911)  Page(s) 14.  
 
Les meilleurs variétés de roses mises au commerce en 1907. Rosiers Hybrides de Thé. ... Le port de la plupart des variétés est rigide et la grandeur des fleurs bien supérieure en général aux Roses Thé. Avoca (A. Dickson). — Arbuste très vigoureux, demi-sarmenteux; fleur rouge-écarlate.

Magazine  (4 Apr 1908)  Page(s) 63.  
 
Some Novelties of Merit.
Avoca is a crimson-scarlet, a colour even now very scarce in this group. I expect great things from this Rose. It is a very vigorous grower, and specially good as a cut-back. Probably the best way to grow it will be to tie it to a pole and treat it as a pillar.

Website/Catalog  (1908)  Page(s) 91.  
 
Novelties for 1908.
Avoca (Hybrid Tea) Crimson scarlet, buds long and pointed, large flowers, one of the best of its colour.