Fodor: New England (Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine) p. 100. 1966
There's a rosy paradise at the two-acre greenhouse of Nicholas Grillo, Canal St., Southington, near Waterbury. Grillo is the originator of the thornless rose (Briarclif Supreme) whose flowers are grown under licensing arrangements throughout the U.S.A. and in other countries.