"I am very much interested in your comment on the Chamcook and Granny Roses. Like yourself, I find that Granny Rose grows twice as tall as the Chamcook rose. I can give you the following details regarding the Chamcook Rose, but I am writing to the man from whom I got the Granny Rose to give me any notes he can regarding it. The Chamcook Rose was in existence on a property which my grandfather bought from a man locally known as Squire Wilson at Chamcook in 1840. This rose continued to bloom and multiply from that day until I removed a specimen to Temiskaming about 1938, and since it has been set out here it has multiplied into quite a large clump. We have taken off specimens to send you, and have given them around to others interested. Two years ago we had a man who had a mania for pruning. In the fall of 1949 he cut the Chamcook Rose back badly. As a result, we did not have any bloom in 1950; but the plant itself seemed to prosper and become more rugged as a result of this pruning. I believe the original rose is still in the same location at Chamcook, N.B. as it was when I took the specimen away that I brought here."
Personal correspondence. From A.K. Grimmer [deceased Jan 1956], Mayor, Town of Temiscamingue, Que. Canada March 27th, 1951 to Frank L. Skinner. Province of Manitoba Archives
