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'Madame Abel Chatenay' rose Reviews & Comments
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Does anybody know where I can read the 2005 reference?
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#1 of 5 posted
10 DEC 21 by
 jedmar
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Yes, published in www.rosegathering/abelchat
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Ah, thank you Jedmar. I note the article talks of “blended colours”. I have often wondered what was “Chatenay pink” - the pale pink inner petals or the darker pink reverse.
And thank you too for your illustration of ‘Mme. Abel Chatenay’. The prickles are quite distinctive, and the long bud is interesting. I am not sure if the seemingly shorter buds of Billy’s photos (5 March 2009) relate to the 1985 reference which mentions two versions.
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#4 of 5 posted
10 DEC 21 by
jedmar
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Merriam-Webster defines "Chatenay pink": a light to moderate yellowish pink that is stronger and much redder than seashell pink. I have also added a photo of the page with the colour shown in René Oberthür's book
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Thank you. Appreciated.
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#7 of 5 posted
11 DEC 21 by
jedmar
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Found five more colour descriptions by Oberthür of the reverse of the centre petals, of highlights on the interior petals, as well as reverse of the petals and outside petals.
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Solitary - or in clusters?
From the refs:
1910. rather apt when closely pruned to push up single strong flower shoots in panicles,
1912. in the second growth, bearing a loose panicle of flowers
1936 solitary
1947. borne singly on long stems
1978. because the growers of cut flowers took ‘Mme. Abel Chatenay’ into their hearts
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10 DEC 21 by
jedmar
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Solitary and in small clusters, according to the old drawings and photos
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