Book  (Nov 1994)  Page(s) 142.  
 
Fisher Holmes Hybrid Perpetual. Verdier (France) 1865. Description. A hybrid of 'Maurice Bernardin'... hard to beat as one of the better Hybrid Perpetuals... velvety rich, scarlet-lake, heavily shaded crimson...

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 181.  
 
Fisher Holmes Hybrid Perpetual, reddish scarlet, shaded deep velvety crimson, 1865, ('Fisher & Holmes'); Probably Maurice Bernardin self-seedling; Verdier, E. Description.

Book  (Feb 1993)  Page(s) 121.  Includes photo(s).
 
Fisher Holmes
Botanical Grouping: Chinensis
Parentage: Possibly 'Maurice Bernardin' seedling
(synonym: 'Fisher and Holmes')
France 1865
... scarlet shading to crimson... a popular rose in Victorian times... Flowers for a long period during summer... prone to disease...

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 99, 104.  Includes photo(s).
 
Fisher Holmes
Page 99:
Hybrid Perpetual
Verdier (France) 1865
Thought to be a seedling of 'Maurice Bernardin'
Pointed buds of scarlet and crimson, in the manner of a Hybrid Tea, the colour soon fading... flowers both in summer and autumn... Fragrant...
Page 104: [PHOTO]

Book  (Jun 1992)  Page(s) 131.  
 
Fisher Holmes Hybrid Perpetual. E. Verdier, 1865. Possibly a seedling of 'Maurice Bernardin'. [Author cites information from different sources.]
...purplish-crimson... Reddish scarlet shaded with deep velvety-crimson... An improved 'Général Jacqueminot'; the flowers are fuller and more freely produced... Quite one of the best of the Hybrid Perpetuals... liable to mildew...

Book  (1988)  Page(s) 73.  Includes photo(s).

Book  (1986)  Page(s) 106.  
 
Fisher Holmes
Hybrid Perpetual (1865)
... healthy... scarlet and deep crimson... quite fragrant...

Website/Catalog  (1983)  Page(s) 19.  
 
Fisher Holmes.  (Hybrid Perpetual). Large, well-formed, double flowers from a shapely bud.  Shades of scarlet and crimson....

Article (website)  (1982)  Page(s) 17.  
 
Fisher Holmes (Hybrid Perpetual) Large, well-formed, double flowers from a shapely bud of shades of scarlet and crimson. A popular variety in Victorian times. Healthy. 1865 (C) 4 x 3’.

Article (misc)  (1954)  Page(s) 41.  
 
Fischer Holmes 28 chromosomes.