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• Agathe Fatima
• Fatime (agathe, Descemet, by 1820)

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Medium pink.

Bred by Jacques-Louis Descemet (France, before 1820).

Agatha/Agathe, Gallica / Provins.  

Rose-pink or carmine-pink, lighter flecks, darker flecks.  Mild fragrance.  Medium, very double, borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, button-eye, flat, quartered bloom form.  Once-blooming spring or summer.  

Few or no prickles/thorns, upright.  Medium green foliage.  

Height: 4¼' to 4'11" (130 to 150cm).  

USDA zone 4b through 8b.  

Descriptions of the 'Agathe Fatime' state that it was pink and spotted.
Pépinières Loubert's 2002 catalogue and Prof. Joyaux provided the date of pre-1815.