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'Dean Hole' rose Reviews & Comments
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Roses. Present-day gardening series by H. R. Darlington FRS. Dated 1911 from the preface. Chapter on Exhibition H.P.s and H.T.s.
"Dean Hole.- Light silvery pink, the outside of the petal being slightly darker, the petals curl over, somewhat after the way of La France. The rose "comes" easily in fairly good weather, and the flower is large with a high pointed centre. The plant is vigorous, and it is useful in the garden after the exhibition season is over, being very free flowering. It has, however, practically no fragrance, and is nearly useless in very wet weather, as it stains easily and does not keep fresh if not much shaded".
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The Garden (Supplement) p. 32-33 (July 9, 1904)
New Seedling Roses.
A gold medal was given to Messrs. Dickson for a new seedling Rose Dean Hole, a lovely flower, perfectly formed, a good deal in the way of Mrs. Mawley, but lighter and more delicately tinted.
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Proc. and Bull. American Rose Society (1908) pp. 55-61
Essay on Hybridisation.
By Alex. Dickson, Acting Director of Alex. Dickson & Sons, Ltd., Royal Irish Nurseries, Newtownards, County Down.
Out of many hundreds of crosses with this rose [La France], only in one single instance did we succeed in making it produce seed, but we feel that the labour we spent was amply repaid, as the ultimate result of it was the introduction of Mrs. W. J. Grant, known to you as Belle Siebrecht, in our opinion one of the finest roses in cultivation, at least from the Britishers' standpoint. In addition to this, we have always found from practical experience, the roses descended from this particular cross have always impressed their offspring with some at least of the more prominent qualities of the parents, and it was pursuing this particular line of breeding that enabled us to produce varieties, which from a British standpoint are ideal exhibition flowers, and at the same time the plants are floriferous and of excellent constitution. In this group we might mention ... Dean Hole ...
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