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'Agnes' rose Reviews & Comments
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I too cannot see anything to substantiate the "before 1884" date.
Because of the 1940 reference where 1902 was quoted, I have altered the bred date to circa 1900.
I have recently done some pruning of my rugosas and struggled so much with the steel-like old canes of 'Agnes' that I had to get the chain saw out. That is one tough old lady!
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#2 of 7 posted
9 MAY 12 by
flodur
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Thanks! The old lady is really worth to fight with the chain saw. In my garden it is always the first rose to bloom with an excellent perfum filling half the garden.
The pink shadings you discussed some time ago are only to be seen at the few later blooms when reblooming.
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#3 of 7 posted
10 MAY 12 by
 Jay-Jay
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That's good information!
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#4 of 7 posted
25 NOV 20 by
CybeRose
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According to W. T. Macoun (American Rose Annual, pp. 80-81, 1924),
"The cross was made by the late D. William Saunders, at the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Canada, about the year 1900. It bloomed first in 1902, and has been under test at Ottawa ever since, during all of which time, so far as the writer is aware (and he has seen it every year) it has never been noticeably injured by winter."
"Although introduced by the Experimental Farm, Ottawa, only in 1923, it will be noted from the statement above that the rose has been given a thorough test there. A few plants are available to those who care to obtain them."
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#5 of 7 posted
25 NOV 20 by
flodur
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Thanks CybeRose! That means we have to take 1902, the year of the first bloom, as year of breeding!
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Date corrected to 1902. Thanks to you both.
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#7 of 7 posted
26 NOV 20 by
CybeRose
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Patricia,
Thank you for the pictures of 'Agnes' going pink. I've never seen that. And hadn't read about it before. It does go well with the alleged 'Harison's Yellow' at the San Jose Heritage garden that I saw flushed with red following a heatwave ... in two different years.
Karl
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A pleasure Karl.
In 2020 I moved a sucker of my Harison's’ Yellow (Provenance Pinjarra Heritage Rose Garden 2-9) from gravel to deep loam and it is doing well. I have seen one or two deep yellow blooms and will watch it this summer.
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