Magazine (2019) Page(s) 49. Vol 41, No. 1. Includes photo(s).
Margaret Furness. Tea, Noisette and China Mislabels in Australia.
Roses sold here as Mme de Watteville have proved to be either Mme Joseph Schwartz or Etoile de Lyon.
Website/Catalog (22 Dec 1998) Page(s) 31. Includes photo(s).
Madame Joseph Schwartz ('White Duchesse de Brabant') Antique Tea. Schwartz 1880. Description... In cool weather, the blooms will offer a sweet fragrance and have a delicate blush of pink. During warm seasons, the petals are a pure, almost translucent, white...
Book (Nov 1993) Page(s) 57.
White Duchesse de Brabant a sport of 'Duchesse de Brabant'... opens with a pink glow through it and changes to pure white. As with many Teas it has a slightly weak neck and flowers that are cupped and loose... In frost-free climates [it] can flower for twelve months of the year...
Book (Apr 1993) Page(s) 340.
Mme. Joseph Schwartz Tea, white, 1880, ('White Duchesse de Brabant'); Probably a 'Duchesse de Brabant' sport; Schwartz, J. Description.
Book (Jun 1992) Page(s) 52.
Mme Joseph Schwartz ('White Duchesse de Brabant') Tea. Schwartz, 1880. Sport of 'Comtesse de Labarthe' [aka 'Duchesse de Brabant']. [Author cites information from different sources.]
Book (1936) Page(s) 654.
Schwartz, Mme. Joseph (tea) Schwartz 1880; Comtesse de Labarthe X ? ; flesh-white to cream-white, edges washed pink, center carmine-pink, yellow reflexes, medium size, double, cup form, imbricated, fine form, floriferous, repeats well, slim branches, growth 7/10, upright. Sangerhausen
Website/Catalog (1913) Page(s) 53.
Tea Roses.
Mme. Joseph Schwartz Another good yellow Rose, and one named as a mark of distinction in honor of a Rose-lover. The flowers are very full and well shaped, with a soft, sweet fragrance. The blossoms are white, changing with age to tones of rose and pale yellow, and are very beautiful. The plant is of good growth and easily grown.
Book (1912) Page(s) 66.
Race des Thé non sarmenteux. Groupe B.- Comtesse de Labarthe...
Madame Joseph Schwartz, Accident fixé de 'Comtesse de Labarthe'. Schwartz 1871. Blanc légèrement rose.- fl. moyenne, en coupe; vigoureux.
Magazine (1910) Page(s) 137.
[From a talk held by Pierre Guillot at the Rosarian's Congress in Nantes - translated in "The Old Rose Advisor, Vol. I, p. 102ff]
...Par ses descendants elle [Caroline] produisit trois variétés distinctes: Souvenir de David d'Angers, éditée en 1856 par Robert, Comtesse de Labarthe, par Bernède, en 1857, Madame Damaizin, par Damaizin en 1858.....Comtesse de Labarthe est la seule qui eit conservé les caractères primitifs et qui les ait transmis à ses variétés comme..... Mme Joseph Schwartz.....
Website/Catalog (1909) Page(s) 8.
General List of Ever-Blooming Roses
Madame Joseph Schwartz
Flowers very full and sweet; pure white, tinged and shaded with pale yellow and rosy blush.
