Book  (Sep 1993)  Page(s) 174.  Includes photo(s).
 
First Love Large-flowered. Herbert Swim 1951. Description... pale, two-toned pink. Parentage: 'Charlotte Armstrong' x 'Show Girl'

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 181.  
 
Hybrid Tea, light pink, 1951, ('Premier Amour'); 'Charlotte Armstrong' x 'Show Girl'; Swim; Armstrong Nursery. Bud long, pointed; flowers light pink, double (20-30 petals), medium (2 1/2- 3 1/2 in.); slightly fragrant; foliage leathery, light green; moderately bushy growth.

Book  (Feb 1993)  Page(s) 184.  Includes photo(s).
 
First Love Large-flowered hybrid tea. Parentage: 'Charlotte Armstrong' x 'Show Girl'. ('Premier Amour') United States 1951. Description and cultivation. Flowers: semi-double, deep pink...

Book  (1988)  Page(s) 132-133.  Includes photo(s).
 
First Love Description.

Article (website)  (1982)  Page(s) 16.  
 
First Love (Hybrid Tea).  A charming, high centred, shapely variety of soft rose pink with deeper shadings. Flowers are born singly with long, strong stems.  Good for cutting. Not old, but does not deserve extinction after only thirty years.  1951 (C) 3 x 2’

Book  (1978)  Page(s) 100.  
 
'First Love'    Medium   Pink    Remontant   P2 H2    ** 
One of the most appealing and graceful pink roses ever raised. Its flowers are slim  and long, and the petals have points of distinction upon them. The stems are smooth and wiry; you can grasp a full hand of blooms without a scratch. If only it grew a little more freely, it would be nearly, the. perfect rose.   'First Love' was raised by Herbert C. Swim from 'Charlotte Armstrong' x 'Show Girl', and introduced by  Armstrong  Nurseries in 1951.

Book  (1958)  Page(s) 115.  
 
First Love. HT. (Swim; int. Armstrong Nurs., '51.) Charlotte Armstrong X Show Girl. Bud long pointed; l. medium size (2½-3½ in.), dbl. (20-30 petals), open, slightly fragrant, rose to pink. Fol. leathery, light green. Moderately bushy; profuse bloom. (28) Pl. Pat. 921.

Website/Catalog  (1953)  Page(s) 9.  
 
Novelty Roses 1952.  First Love (HT. Swim 1950) Long buds, opening to light pink semi-double blooms with a lilac tinge. Best in a cool climate. 10/6 each.

Book  (1952)  Page(s) 13.  
 
Harry H. Hazlewood.  The New Roses of 1952. First Love (Swim, 1950). Long slender shapely semi-double, pale pink blooms with a lilac tint. These lose colour in hot sunlight. Will be good in Autumn or a cool climate. (‘Charlotte Armstrong’ x ‘Show Girl’.)

Book  (1951)  Page(s) 25.  Includes photo(s).