Newsletter  (Nov 2013)  Page(s) 13.  
 
[From "California's oldest surviving roses", by Darrell Schramm]
Four years later [1898] Hosp introduced another sport, Climbing Papa Gontier, but competing with three other such sports, it soon disappeared.

Book  (2003)  Page(s) 208.  
 
'Papa Gontier (Climbing)'

Magazine  (2001)  Page(s) 51. Vol 95, Part 2.  
 
Helga Brichet.  Il Roseto Di Roma.
The climbing version of 'Papa Gontier' (Nabonnand, 1883) was introduced in 1904 and is regularly the very first rose to bloom in the garden, continuing to produce coppery, semi-double blooms intermittently until Christmas.  

Book  (Dec 1998)  Page(s) 450.  
 
A climbing version of 'Papa Gontier' was introduced by Hosp in 1898.

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 430.  
 
Papa Gontier, Climbing, pink blend, 1904, Chevrier.

Book  (Jun 1992)  Page(s) 221.  
 
Papa Gontier, Cl. Hosp, 1898. Tea. Sport of 'Papa Gontier'. [Author cites information from different sources and says The same sport also occurred for Vigneron/Chevrier in 1904 and for Chase & Co. in 1905.]

Website/Catalog  (1938)  Page(s) 52.  
 
Climbing Section
Climbing Papa Gontier (Tea)... A climbing Sport of "Papa Gontier". Introduced 1904.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 307.  
 
Gontier, Papa Climb. (cl. Tea) Chevrier 1903; sport of above [Papa Gontier], climbing habit, 2,50 m. Sangerhausen
Gontier, Climb. Papa (cl. Tea) Chase & Co 1905; sport; climbing habit.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 307.  
 
Gontier, Climb. Papa (cl. tea) F.P. Hosp in Calif. 1898; sport; climbing habit.

Book  (1930)  Page(s) 23.  
 
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