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• Linda Porter
• Miquel Andrufeu
• Mrs. Cole Porter

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Medium pink Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Linda Porter

Bred by Pedro (Pere) Dot (Spain, 1954).
Introduced in United States by Bobbink & Atkins in 1957 as 'Linda Porter'.
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1958 as 'Miguel Aldrufeu'.

Hybrid Tea.  

Pink.  China rose. Apricot filaments. Sets no hips.  Strong fragrance.  46 to 58 petals.  Average diameter 5.25".  Very large, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, globular bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Medium, ovoid buds.  

Bushy, upright, well-branched.  Leathery foliage.  

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  

United States - Patent No: PP 1,507  on  28 Aug 1956   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 543,044  on  26 Oct 1955

See references for the dedication of both names.
Linda Belle Lee Thomas (November 17, 1883 Louisville KY - May 20, 1954 New York City), American socialite, wife of musical theatre composer Cole Porter
Miquel Aldrufeu i Gurgui, Chief gardener of Barcelona, professor at the School of Gardening, director of the gardens of the Universal Exposition in 1929

[Composer Cole Porter was born 9 June 1891. On 19 December 1919, he married Linda Thomas, who died in 1958. Porter himself died 15 October 1964.]