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Pink blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Madame Abel Chatenay

Bred by Joseph Pernet-Ducher (France, before 1894).
Introduced in Australia by C. H. Halstead in 1899 as 'Madame Abel Chatenay'.

Hybrid Tea, Tea.  

Carmine-pink, salmon-pink shading, vermilion highlights.  Strong, tea fragrance.  up to 37 petals.  Medium, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, flat, high-centered bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  

Bushy.  Bronze-green foliage.  

Height: 3' to 39" (90 to 100cm).  Width: 3' (90cm).

USDA zone 7b and warmer.  Disease susceptibility: susceptible to Mildew.  Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that.  Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) .  

First prize in Lyon, 1894 (Journal des roses 1897).
See also 'Gooiland'.
Dedicated to Augustine Chatenay (1857- 1928 Ivry-sur-Seine), wife of Abel Chatenay, nurseryman at Vitry-sur-Seine, secretary and delegate of the Société nationale d'horticulture de France.