Book  (1926)  Page(s) 46.  
 
'Radiance'..... Its sport, Mrs. Charles Bell (Mrs. Charles Bell, 1917), is equally good. It may not bloom so much as 'Radiance', but its color is so greatly superior that the account is more than squared.

Book  (1925)  Page(s) 157.  
 
1925 Members Forum. 'Radiance has produced five known sports..... 'Striped Radiance' and 'Mrs. James G. Penny', neither of which is well known and the latter having been taken out of commerce because of its similarity to 'Mrs. Charles Bell'.

Website/Catalog  (1924)  Page(s) 22.  
 
New Roses 1923. Mrs. Charles J. Bell (HT) (Pierson) F.l. A sport of the popular variety Radiance, possessing all the delightful characteristics of that variety, save colour, which is a delicate shell pink. Considering the popularity of the original, a warm welcome should await this dainty addition to our free flowering garden roses, Colour fades in hot weather, 
but at its best is beautiful.

Book  (1921)  
 
p91 'Mrs. Charles J. Bell', A lovely shade of soft or shell-pink on salmon back-ground; beautiful in bud or open flower. Fine foliage. Growth of the best. Continually in flower. Averages 45 blooms per season. Prune to 6 eyes. Hardy.

p28. Arthur P. Breeley, Washington. My Back-Yard Roses in Their Fourth Season. ....and 'Mrs.
Charles J. Bell' which, on own root, did very well.

p183. 'Mrs. Charles Bell', H.T. (A. N. Pierson, Inc., reg. A. R. S., 1917.) Sport of Radiance.

Book  (1918)  Page(s) 98.  
 
So far as Radiance is concerned, the three varieties. ‘Radiance’, ‘Red Radiance’, and ‘Mrs. Charles Bell’ are practically alike in all characteristics except in color of flower

Book  (1917)  Page(s) 142.  
 
Registration of New Roses in 1916
From A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn.: Mrs. Chas. Bell. H.T. A sport from Radiance. Color light or shell-pink on a salmon-shaded background. Superior in growth to Radiance, being equally vigorous but more robust in habit.