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.

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  (1936)  Page(s) 662.  
 
Sharman-Crawford, Colonel (HT) A. Dickson 1932; velvety crimson, center scarlet, reverse shaded and veined darker, large, double, fine form, high-centered, lasting, fragrance 5/10, floriferous, continuous bloom, strong long stems, few prickles, growth 6/10, upright, bushy, well-branched, hardy. Sangerhausen

Magazine  (Dec 1935)  Page(s) 141.  
 
Colonel Sharman Crawford et Westfield Scarlet à fleurs couleur rouge sombre et écarlate vermeille. Ces dernières sont deux très belles variétés mais à végétation peu abondante.