'Danmark' rose References
Book (Jun 1992) Page(s) 276. Danmark Hybrid Tea. Zeiner-Lassen & Dithmer, 1890. Parentage: Sport of 'La France'; or from 'La France' x either 'Safrano' or 'Isabella Sprunt'. [Author cites information from different sources.]
Book (1936) Page(s) 191. Danmark (HT) Zeiner-Larsen 1891; La France X Safrano or I. Sprunt; pink, center reddish pink, reverse bright pink, large, double, globular, fine form, lasting, solitary, fragrance 8/10, floriferous, continuous bloomer, upright stems, metallic-glossy light green foliage, growth 6/10, upright, well-branched. Sangerhausen
Website/Catalog (1914) Page(s) 15. Hybrid Tea Roses. Danmark, Zeiner-Lassen & Dithmer, 1890, robust. Like La France, large, full, fragrant.
Book (1910) Page(s) 283. None of the seedlings or sports of this famous rose (La France) have been so good as the original - a climbing sport (Henderson, 1894) is good for a wall. Duchess of Albany (W. Paul & Son, 1888) is a little darker in colour. Augustine Guinnoisseau has been mentioned, and Danmark (W. Paul & Son, 1900) is not so good in growth and very apt to ball.
Book (1910) Page(s) 193, 326. Page 193: Danmark introduced between 1874 and 1902 Page 326: Danmark [Hybrid Tea]; in the way of 'La France', flowers more regular in shape, almost as round as a cricket ball. The colour is rather deeper than 'La France'. Flowers usually produced singly on good stiff stems. Grand for pot culture, but a hot season is required to perfect the blooms outdoors.
Book (1908) Page(s) 313. *Danmark... (Hybrid Tea) Zeiller, 1890. — Silvery-rose. — Robust. — Garden. — A more double form of "La France". — (Prune hard.)
*Roses to which asterisks (*) are affixed are suitable for exhibition. [not listed in the 1920 edition]
Book (1905) Page(s) 126. Danmark, Hybrid Tea Rose (raised by Zeiner-Lassen & Dithner, 1890). Large, cupped, silvery rose-red, like La France, but darker outside. Flowers erect, and not so drooping as in La France. Free, vigorous, bushy.
Booklet (1899) Page(s) 13. Danmark (HT) W. Paul & Son '90. S. G. A seedling of La France - which it resembles in form and color, with stouter petals and foliage, not so vigorous as its parent.
Book (1899) Page(s) 46. Danmark, HT, Zeiller, 1890, rose clair
Website/Catalog (1897) Page(s) 48. Hybrid Perpetuals. Danmark In the way of La France, but a little deeper in colour and different in growth and habit, having stouter wood, whilst the flowers for the most part produced singly on strong upright stems, and are remarkable for their large size and the stoutness of their petals; the foliage is ample and handsome.
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