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Lord Penzance was a noted British judge and rose breeder, creating among others the varieties 'Lady Penzance' and 'Jeanie Deans'. Jean Pernet, père (1832–1896) was an important French rose breeder from Lyon who developed Hybrid Perpetual and Bourbon roses. His father, Claude Pernet established the World's first exhibition of roses.
Harkness Roses (a trading name of R. Harkness & Co. Ltd) are rose breeders based at Hitchin, Hertfordshire in England. [1] The nursery was founded in 1879 in Yorkshire by brothers, John and Robert Harkness. Early varieties include 'Mrs. Harkness', 'Frensham' and 'Ena Harkness'.
With the rise in popularity of roses in the mid 1800s, Benjamin R. Cant (1827-1900) initiated a rose breeding program in 1875. By 1880, Cant had become a very successful rose exhibitor in England. [1] [2] Cant's nephew, Frank Cant (1857-1928), left the family business to establish his own nursery in Colchester in the early 1880s.
Rosa 'Duke of Edinburgh' is a rose created by breeders Harkness Roses. It was named in memory of Prince Philip , the longest serving consort in British history. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
John Ystumllyn (c. 1738 –1786), also colloquially known as Jac Du or Jack Black, was an 18th-century gardener and the first well-recorded black person of North Wales. John was of uncertain origin, possibly a victim of the Atlantic slave trade , and from either West Africa or the West Indies .
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Rosa 'Sally Holmes' is a white shrub rose cultivar, bred by Robert Holmes in Great Britain in 1976, and named in honor of his wife, Sally. It was created from stock parents, Rosa 'Ivory Fashion' and Rosa 'Ballerina'.
New rose varieties were often introduced at its rose shows. Bennett showed some of his acquisitions in 1878, but did not show or introduce his own roses until 1879. At that time he introduced 10 roses, with named parentage, which he called Pedigree Hybrids of the Tea Rose. He was the first to publish and guarantee the parentage of his roses.