Book  (19 Apr 2000)  Page(s) 27.  
 
Augusta, HRg, lp, flat, intense

Article (misc)  (11 May 1979)  
 
Personal correspondence - Percy Wright to Walter Schowalter
I am more and more pleased with my Augusta rose. It has a fully double, almost red flower and blooms its head off all summer long, being in as full bloom when the first heavy frosts hit in September as it is in June, and immune to the curculio and blackspot and mildew and rust, and completely hardy, a really wonderful combination of good features. Its only bad feature is weak necks, with the flowers mostly nodding. I can't explain how a rose bush so succulent when fall frosts hit can be so hardy. I know it is an F2 hybrid of Laxa Retzius, but don't know the details of the parentage. Too bad, for I'd like to repeat the cross.

Book  (1967)  Page(s) 46.  
 
Some All-Canadian Roses
by Fred Blakeney, Victoria, B.C.
Mr. Percy Wright of Saskatoon, Sask., must be considered one of the foremost hybridizers of species and near species roses in North America. He has been working on these roses for many years, and knows the reactions of various hardy roses when crossed with species roses.
His objective has always been to produce worthwhile garden roses that are hardy enough to withstand the extremely low temperatures of the Prairies in winter. [...]
Here is a list of Mr. Wright's originations in chronological order of introduction:
1953 "Augusta", medium size, semi-double, rose pink.