Book  (1986)  Page(s) 91.  Includes photo(s).
 
‘Colonel Sharman-Crawford’. 1933) Bright scarlet, double, pointed flowers which are fragrant and velvety. An excellent addition to the red class.

Book  (1947)  Includes photo(s).
 
p80 Photo. Colonel Sharman-Crawford

p125. ‘Colonel Sharman-Crawford’ (HT) is not just “another red rose”. The flowers are of good form, of glowing crimson shaded with deep red, and its colour is well retained. Growth is erect, moderately vigorous, foliage plentiful and green, and the flowers freely produced all the season. Dickson, 1933. Deciduous. Medium Growth. Very Fragrant, GPB [pruning instructions] - 724 [RHS colour] Bedding. Pot culture. June-Sept. Hardy.

Book  (1944)  Page(s) 68.  
 
Terry Honeybun.  Victoria. 
Colonel Sharman Crawford: An exhibition shaped; very dark red with good perfume and dwarfish growth. Good in both spring and autumn, and the colour holds and holds.

Book  (1940)  Page(s) 43.  
 
‘Colonel Sharman Crawford’. HT (A. Dickson ’33). Bud pointed; fl. large, dbl, high-centred, very fragrant, rich velvety crimson; long, strong stem. Fol. leathery. Vig. Bushy;’ recurrent, all-season bloom. Award.

Book  (1938)  Page(s) 117.  
 
Mr Frank Penn, NZ.  New Roses in Auckland
Another Rose of recent introduction (Col. Sharman-Crawford) deserves bracketing with the above as a Rose of great merit. I have been impressed with this Rose ever since it came to  New Zealand, and each year it improves with me. It deserves to be more popular. 

Website/Catalog  (1938)  Page(s) 14.  
 
Bush Roses
Colonel Sharman Crawford (Hybrid Tea) By Dicksons of Hawlmark, 1933... Rich velvety crimson shaded deeper crimson toning to scarlet red towards the centre, the colour holds till the petals fall. Full, moderately large, perfect form and quality. Vigorous erect growth, bushy habit and very free flowering. A variety which has become popular. Very highly perfumed. Recommended. Gold Medal N.R.S.

Website/Catalog  (1938)  Page(s) 26.  
 
‘Colonel Sharman Crawford’ Rich velvety crimson, reverse heavily veined and shaded deeper crimson, the centre tones to scarlet red, which intensifies as the flower develops.

Website/Catalog  (1938)  Page(s) 42.  
 
‘Colonel Sharman Crawford’ (H.T.)—Rich velvety crimson, reverse heavily veined and shaded deeper;centre tones to scarlet red. Mod, large and full; foliage disease-resisting; vig.Fragrant.

Book  (1938)  
 
p232-3 Rev. J. Fitzpatrick, Dublin. Another defect for which a remedy should be found is the very loose use of the word “fragrant” in the Society’s publications. It now means little or nothing. ‘Rose Berkeley’, ‘McGredy’s Ivory’, ‘Col. Sharman Crawford’ and ‘Lady Sylvia’ are all described as fragrant, but while even my tobacco-deadened senses can pereive the scent of the latter two, it would take the nose of a bloodhound to find it in the others.

p298-1 The Burbage Nurseries, Leicestershire advertisement. Gold Medal Roses. ‘Col. Sharman-Crawford’

Book  (1937)  Page(s) 118.  
 
Mr. S. R. Bird, N.Z.  Some Auckland Rose Notes
Col. Sharman Crawford has given many fine exhibition blooms, but it does not always appear to grow vigorously enough, and reports are "patchy" in this regard.