Newsletter  (1982)  Page(s) 43.  
 
Rosa 'Chamcook'

Book  (1959)  Page(s) 225.  
 
CHAMCOOK Found in an old garden near Chamcook, N.B. where it had been growing for about one hundred years, bears bright pink little cabbages on a bush that is seldom more than about a foot tall, fragrant as any.

Article (misc)  (27 Mar 1951)  
 
Personal correspondence. From A.K. Grimmer [deceased Jan 1956], Mayor, Town of Temiscamingue, Que. Canada March 27th, 1951 to Frank L. Skinner.

I am very much interested in your comment on the Chamcook and Granny Roses. Like yourself, I find that Granny Rose grows twice as tall as the Chamcook rose. I can give you the following details regarding the Chamcook Rose, but I am writing to the man from whom I got the Granny Rose to give me any notes he can regarding it. The Chamcook Rose was in existence on a property which my grandfather bought from a man locally known as Squire Wilson at Chamcook in 1840. This rose continued to bloom and multiply from that day until I removed a specimen to Temiskaming about 1938, and since it has been set out here it has multiplied into quite a large clump. We have taken off specimens to send you, and have given them around to others interested. Two years ago we had a man who had a mania for pruning. In the fall of 1949 he cut the Chamcook Rose back badly. As a result, we did not have any bloom in 1950; but the plant itself seemed to prosper and become more rugged as a result of this pruning. I believe the original rose is still in the same location at Chamcook, N.B. as it was when I took the specimen away that I brought here.

Website/Catalog  (1951)  Page(s) 11.  
 
Chamcook - Dwarf R. gallica, growing to about 2 feet here. Completely double, deep pink, cabbage type flowers, very fragrant. Each....$2.00