'Babe Ruth' rose References
Book (2002) Page(s) 23. Not rated
Book (Apr 1993) Page(s) 36. Hybrid Tea, orange-pink, 1950, 'Los Angeles' x Seedling; Howard, F.H. Description.
Book (1952) Page(s) 13. Harry H. Hazlewood. The New Roses of 1952. Babe Ruth (Howard and Smith, 1950). Very double coral pink with deeper reverse. Blooms are fragrant but not particularly distinctive, while petals ball and damage readily. A feature of this variety is that 5 per cent. from wholesale sales in America will be donated to the Babe Ruth Foundation to fight child cancer.
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