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'Golden King' rose Reviews & Comments
most recent 17 APR 21  
Initial post 14 APR 21 by Nastarana
I found the following in Peter Malins' Rose Book (Dodd, Mead & Company, NY, 1979, authors, Peter Malins and M. M. Graff) p. 138

"In retrospect it is unfortunate that 'Dr. Eckener's' sport, Golden King (1935) wasn't...preserved. It was trained on wires below and at the sides of two windows where its luminous primrose-yellow flowers glowed with enhanced radiance against rose-red bricks while its delicious scent flowed into the room."

I am glad to see in the photos that this lovely rose lives on in Europe.
Reply #1 posted 17 APR 21 by Patricia Routley
Thank you Nastarana. Reference added at last. I wish it lived on in Australia too.