Website/Catalog  (2012)  
 
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PolarisHSet, w, 1939, [(R. setigera × R. wichurana) × R. foetida bicolor], Horvath; flowers pure snow-white, open, dbl., borne in clusters, intense fragrance; profuse, non-recurrent bloom; foliage glossy, light; very vigorous, climbing (12-15 ft.) growth;

Book  (1976)  Page(s) 119.  
 
'Polaris' (Horvath, 1939) = (R. setigera x R. wichuraiana) x R. foetida 'Bicolor' - Blooms double, very fragrant, pure white, in trusses; foliage glossy.

Book  (1958)  Page(s) 303.  
 
Polaris. R. (Horvath; int. Wayside Gardens Co., '39) (R. wichuraiana X R. setigera) X R. foetida bicolor. Dbl., open, very fragrant, pure snow-white; cluster. Fol. glossy, light. Very vig. cl. (12-15 ft.); profuse, non-recurrent bloom. (21) Pl. Pat. 386 (released).

Book  (1944)  Page(s) 216.  
 
Proof of the Pudding reports from "violent growth, profuse white bloom" to "acts like a shrub Polyantha 2 ft. high"

Magazine  (Dec 1943)  Page(s) vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 119-120.  
 
The Recent Horvath Climbers
R. E. Shepherd, Medina, Ohio
Polaris might be classified as a very hardy Félicité et Perpétue, as the blossoms closely resemble those produced by this old favorite. Being a cross of (R. Wichuraiana X R. setigera) X Austrian Copper it is both vigorous and hardy. The color of the blossom is undoubtedly traceable to R. Wichuraiana but the source of the gene for its doubleness is problematical.

Book  (1943)  Page(s) 215.  
 
More contradictory reports in Proof of the Pudding, from "ordinary" to "a sheet of bloom" and "100% disease resistant without spraying"

Book  (1941)  Page(s) 223.  
 
Proof of the Pudding description of grower's experiences. At Breeze Hill bloomed when only 2 feet tall in clusters of 15, milk white flowers had 50 petals, delightful wild rose fragrance.

Book  (1940)  Page(s) 65.  
 
R. Marion Hatton. New Roses in America. 
His [M. H. Horvath's] first Setigera hybrid the Climber 'Doubloons' has become quite popular, and is now followed by the Climbers Buff King, 'Federation', 'Hercules', 'Mercurius', 'Polaris' and 'Thor'. These are all husky plants, with heavy canes 8 to 15 feet long, and bloom but once... Polaris 22 inch pure white, loosely double blooms of unforgettable fragrance,

Book  (1939)  Page(s) 241.  
 
Description of originator or introducer: pure snow white in clusters; foliage glossy, light green; very vigorous (12 - 15 ft.); profuse bloomer June and July.