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'Mrs. Verschuren' rose Description
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'R.M.S. Queen Mary' rose photo
Photo courtesy of asakombu
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
17 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Medium pink Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: R.M.S. Queen Mary
Exhibition name: R.M.S. Queen Mary
Origin:
Bred by Hendrikus Antonie Verschuren Jr. (1885-1947) (Netherlands, before 1936).
Introduced in United States by Henry A. Dreer Archive in 1937 as 'R.M.S. Queen Mary'.
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1938 as 'Mrs. Verschuren'.
Class:
Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Salmon-orange, copper shading, geranium-red shading, pink shading.  Mild, sweet fragrance.  35 to 40 petals.  Average diameter 5".  Very large, full (26-40 petals), cupped, urn-shaped bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Long buds.  
Habit:
Short.  Small, leathery foliage.  3 to 5 leaflets.  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Vigorous.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 249  on  8 Jun 1937   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 109,591  on  6 Nov 1936
Hendrikus Antonie Verschuren, near Uden, Netheralnds, assignor to Henry A. Dreer, Incorporated, Philadelphia
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