'Lemon Sherbet' rose References
Book (Aug 2002) Page(s) 54. Lemon Sherbet Rated 7.0
Website/Catalog (Nov 1997) Page(s) 7. Lemon Sherbet Hybrid Tea. Kern 1973... white with yellow centre; exhibition rose; hardy to Zone 6
Book (Apr 1993) Page(s) 310. Lemon Sherbet Hybrid Tea, white, center light yellow, 1973, 'Florence' sport; Kern Rose Nursery. Description.
Book (1978) Page(s) 122. Dr. A. S. Thomas, Victoria. Some Of The New Ones. Lemon Sherbet HT. (J. J. Kern, 1973). A sport of 'Florence'. Big, long lasting shapely white blooms with about 35 petals and deep cream centres. Vigorous. Not many thorns. There have been two cultivars named 'Florence' - one is a silvery pink from Paul in 1921! the other is a large white from Dorieux in 1961. 'Sherbert' has come probably from the latter.
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