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'Queen of Edgely' rose Reviews & Comments
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[Named for Edgley, PA - not Edgely]
Everblooming Roses for the Out-door Garden of the Amateur pp. 53-54 (1912)
EVERBLOOMING HYBRID REMONTANT ROSES
Georgia Torrey Drennan
The only other sport of this exclusive family is the Queen of Edgley, or Pink American Beauty. In 1897, in a house devoted to American Beauties by the Floral Exchange Company of Philadelphia, at Edgley, Pennsylvania, fortune unexpectedly came to the rose growers in the form of an American Beauty, except in a distinct shade of pink, without a tinge of red. It was entered and won the Gold Medal at the Rose Show. The name of Queen of Edgley was conferred on it, but Pink American Beauty is the name by which it is best known. The colour is lighter than Caroline Testout, and deeper than La France. During the flush of its brief beauty, it fills an honoured position among the roses of winter and in out-door gardens in springtime, is a rose of imperial beauty.
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odinthor
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But the actual name of the town is Edgely, not Edgley. See, for instance, Google Maps.
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Success with Flowers 11(2): 33 (Nov. 1900)
Dingee & Conard Co., West Grove, PA.
The novelty of the exhibition was the long-looked-for pink American Beauty, of which so much has been said, and which has never been seen before. Its history is an interesting one, and shows how fortune comes accidentally to the Rose-grower as it sometimes does to other toilers. Four years ago, in a house devoted to the propagation of American Beauties, at Edgley, Pa., by the Floral Exchange Company, of Philadelphia, a freak made its appearance. By Rose-growers it was called a "sport," and its growth was carefully watched.
Soon a small pink bud made its appearance, the only blonde in that houseful of lovely brunettes. Modestly it unfolded, and then its growth for four years, under special conditions, was as carefully looked after as the most delicate child. It grew and thrived, and at the Rose Show, besides the homage from her courtiers, it was awarded a certificate, which means that she is lovely as well as a debutante. She will not stoop to trade until next Spring, when in the busy marts she will vie for favor with her brunette sister. All this is the result of an accident that even the growers do not attempt to explain. It was their rare luck, they say, that is all." The Queen of Edgley it is called, I believe, and it had the distinction at the show of being the largest Rose shown.
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