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• Mademoiselle Francisca Krüger
• Mademoiselle Franziska Krüger

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Orange-pink Tea.
Registration name: Mademoiselle Franziska Krüger
Exhibition name: Mademoiselle Franziska Krüger

Bred by Gilbert Nabonnand (1828-1903) (France, 1873).
Discovered by Barbara May (Australia, before 2003).
Introduced in France by Ph. Nabonnand et ses Fils in 1879 as 'Mademoiselle Franziska Krüger'.
Introduced in Australia by Robert Rattray's Rosebank Nursery in 1894 as 'Mademoiselle Francisca Krüger'.

Found Rose, Tea.  

Orange-pink, pink undertones, yellow center.  Coppery, shaded yellow and pink. Hard green center. Pedicel smooth.  Moderate fragrance.  Large, very double, borne mostly solitary, cupped bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  

Arching.  3 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 35" to 5' (90 to 150cm).  Width: 2' (60cm).

USDA zone 6b through 11.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  

Diploid

Pierre Guillot states that 'Franciska Krüger' is a descendant of 'Safrano'.- see References.
'Mlle Franziska Krüger' was sown as a mixed batch of seeds in 1873 and introduced 1879 according to the "Journal des Roses" (1888). As 'General Schablikine' is dated 1878 or 1879, the parentage 'Catherine Mermet' x 'General Schablikine' is rather unlikely.
"Rosenlexikon" states 'Grand Duc Héritier Guillaume de Luxembourg' by Soupert & Notting (1892), as = to 'Mlle Franziska Krüger'. However, Jäger often uses the = sign to denote similar roses, not only synonyms. The L'Hay catalogue of 1902 and the Soupert & Notting catalogue of 1907/08 lists both roses independently.

The Peter Beales Collection of Classic Roses for 2000-2001 describes the color of the blossoms of this rose as copper-yellow-pink.

Please see 'Souvenir d'Elise Vardon' for observations that 'Mlle Franziska Kruger' is in commerce in the USA under the name of Souvenir d'Elise Vardon.