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• Jude the Obscure
• N22B89

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Medium yellow Shrub.
Registration name: AUSjo
Exhibition name: Jude the Obscure

Bred by David C. H. Austin (1926-2018) (United Kingdom, 1989).
Introduced in United Kingdom by David Austin Roses Limited (UK) in 1995 as 'Jude the Obscure'.

Shrub.   (Series: English Rose Collection)  

Apricot, cream shading, lighter reverse.  Strong fragrance.  55 to 70 petals.  Average diameter 4".  Large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered, in small clusters, globular bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  

Medium, armed with thorns / prickles.  Medium, semi-glossy, medium green foliage.  

Height: up to 4' (up to 120cm).  Width: up to 4' (up to 120cm).

USDA zone 5b through 10b.  Can be used for garden.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  

Australia - Application No: 1998/244  on  1998   VIEW PBR PATENT
United States - Patent No: PP 10,757   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application  on  10 Feb 1997

Internal breeder code: No. 22 B/89. Participated in the 1996 Monza Competition (Source: Website Roseto Niso Fumagalli.)
Jude the Obscure is one of the new varieties being added to the RINZ Rose Display Trial at the Auckland Regional Botanic Gardens in 1999.
"Jude the Obscure", novel by Thomas Hardy, published 1895.