Book  (9 Aug 2009)  
 
Registered Name: 'Great Venture'
ARS Approved Exhibition Name: Great Venture
HT, yb, 1971, Dawson, George; bud long, pointed; flowers orange-yellow, flushed pink, medium, dbl., intense fragrance; foliage large, leathery; vigorous, upright growth
[Daily Sketch × Suspense]
Introductions: S. Brundrett & Son, 1970

Website/Catalog  (2000)  Page(s) 6.  
 
‘Great Venture’ Hybrid Tea, 1970. G. Australia. Double, fragrant, large flowers, cut flowers, recurrent. 1.5m x 1.3m. yellow pink blend.

Book  (1999)  Page(s) 19.  Includes photo(s).
 
'Great Venture' – 1970. ‘Daily Sketch’ x ‘Impeccable’. Large Flowered Bush rose.
Long pointed bud. Double. fragrant, orange-yellow flowers flushed pink, fully recurrent.
Large, leathery leaves. Flower: 30 petals, 100 mm, singly Bush: 1.5 m x 1.25 m.

Book  (Dec 1998)  Page(s) 286.  Includes photo(s).
 
Modern, large-flowered/ hybrid tea. Yellow blend, repeat-flowering. ‘Great Venture’ is an excellent rose. The plants are very strong and upright with plentiful large, dark green, leathery leaves that are very resistant to disease. The long buds open slowly to large, fragrant, double flowers of 30 petals. The color is rich apricot-yellow flushed with deep pink. With its long stems and abundant foliage, it is good for cutting. Zones 5-9. Dawson Australia 1970. Parentage: ‘Daily Sketch’ x ‘Suspense’.

Website/Catalog  (1998)  Page(s) 3.  
 
‘Great Venture’ Hybrid Tea, 1970. G. Dawson/Aust. Double, fragrant, recurrent. 1.6m x 1.3m. yellow pink blend.

Book  (1996)  
 
p60-3 Mr. Richard Walsh. ….and later added ‘Great Venture’ to my collection. I still grow ‘Great venture’….

p72-6 Ted Phillips. ‘Melinda Gainsford’ A nice rose, but I wonder if it is as good as ‘Great Venture’ which is a particularly good rose.

Book  (1996)  Page(s) 61.  
 
‘Great Ventuire’. Dawson, Australia, 1970. Yellow/Pink. [Available from] Golden Vale

Newsletter  (1996)  Page(s) 15. Vol 5, No. 2.  
 
‘Great Venture’. HT. 1969. G. Dawson.

Book  (1995)  Page(s) 67.  
 
Philip Sutherland. Australian Raised Roses: Many of George Dawson’s bicolours bore tones of lemon or yellow. ‘Great Venture’, ‘Headline’ and ‘Legacy Jubilee’ all bear yellow in various combinations, usually with pink as the other dominant colour.

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 226.  
 
Great Venture Hybrid Tea, orange-yellow, flushed pink, 1970, 'Daily Sketch' x 'Suspense'; Dawson, G. Description.