Book  (2021)  Page(s) 87.  Includes photo(s).
 
Aussie Sixer in Australia

Newsletter  (Apr 2010)  Page(s) 20.  Includes photo(s).
 
[From "Aussie Sixer" by Viru Viraraghavan]
Australia and India are two countries in which cricket has become almost a religion. One of the most spectacular achievements on the cricket field is the ‘sixer’ – when a batsman hits the ball so hard that it lifts up high and sails over the field and into the stadium, earning him six runs to his total. Similarly in the field of rose books, the new book on Tea Roses, written by six enterprising, indefatigable and knowledgeable ladies from Australia, is a spectacular achievement. Just as the Tea Rose Book is a sparkling new assessment of what is old, the parentage of my ‘Aussie Sixer’ is a combination of the best of old and hopefully of the new – one of the oldest of Tea roses, ‘Safrano’ combined with the Noisette, ‘Reve d’Or’ and the species Rosa gigantea itself. In other words, ‘Aussie Sixer’ is the result of crossing Safrano x my ‘Manipur Magic’ (R. gigantea x Reve d’Or). We were keen to name a rose to honour the tremendous work done by the six ladies, and after getting their permission, we have named this seedling of ours ‘Aussie Sixer’. It has been sent to the International Rose Registration Authority for registration. We hope in the coming years to have it available in Australia. It already is, in the USA.

Book  (2007)  Page(s) database.  
 
Registration
'Virsaf', T, ab, 2010, (Remembrance of Times Past, Aussie Sixer), [Safrano x Manipur Magic], Viraraghaven, M. S. ... description