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'Red Cross' rose References
Book  (Apr 1999)  Page(s) 445.  
 
Red Cross Hybrid Tea. A. Dickson, 1916. The author cites information from different sources... Orange-crimson-scarlet... light scarlet-crimson...
Book  (1936)  Page(s) 183.  
 
Cross, Red (HT) A. Dickson 1916; orange-crimson-scarlet, medium size, open, lasting, solitary or up to 3, fragrance 5710, mediocre, floriferous, continuous bloom with interruptions, growth 6/10, upright. Sangerhausen
Website/Catalog  (1929)  Page(s) 29.  
 
Everblooming Roses
The so-called Everblooming Roses include the Hybrid Tea and Pernetiana groups. They do not bloom all the time, but if kept healthy and growing steadily, one crop of flowers succeeds another at brief intervals.
Red Cross. Hybrid Tea. (A. Dickson & Sons, 1910.) Large, semi-double blooms of rosy red, borne in sprays upon fairly vigorous, healthy plants.
An interesting decorative Rose, just a little different from the usual red bedding sorts.
Book  (1926)  Page(s) 44.  
 
.... but some of the descendants of 'Red-Letter Day' may be still better. The most promising. are 'K. of K'. (A. Dickson & Sons, 1917), Red Cross (A. Dickson & Sons, 1916), 'Red Star' (H. A. Verschuren & Sons, 1918), and 'Hawlmark Crimson' (A. Dickson & Sons, 1920).
Website/Catalog  (1925)  Page(s) 4.  
 
Red Cross, red with orange reflexes, floriferous, fragrant
Website/Catalog  (1923)  Page(s) 40.  
 
Hybrid Tea Roses ....  Red Cross (A. Dickson, 1916). Dark crimson.
Website/Catalog  (1921)  Page(s) 35.  
 
Roses.
Red Cross, orange crimson scarlet; class: Hybrid Tea; habit of growth: vigorous.
Book  (1921)  Page(s) 34.  
 
H. R. Darlington. The Hybrid teas of the Past Ten Years.
….but in ‘Red-Letter Day’, ‘Red Cross’, ‘Col. Oswald Fitzgerald’ and ‘Covent Garden’ the perfume is greatly reduced or has disappeared
Magazine  (Sep 1916)  Page(s) 135.  
 
Obtentions de Mess. Alex. Dickson et Sons Ltd. Royal Irish Nurseries, Newtownards, Co. Down, Irlande....
Red Cross (Croix-Rouge) (Hybride de Thé). — Une rose qui possède de nombreux charmes, étant très florifère et de végétation vigoureuse et érigée; couleur magnifique écarlate cramoisi orange, avec un parfum délicieux de rose thé. Le pédoncule est érigé sur un bois vigoureux et bronzé avec un large feuillage oval brillant. Rose de massifs exquke et charmante.
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