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'Cornelia Koch' rose Reviews & Comments
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I found this description in an article by Mrs. Keays:
American Rose Annual, 1936, "What Greater Delight?" p.19
"Cornelia Cook, raised by Anthony Cook of Baltimore, in 1855, when the name was 'Cornelie Koch,' is a white Tea, sometimes faintly yellow, very large and full, in its day surpassing all other white Teas, even its parent Devoniensis--possibly yet! It is somewhat reticent about blooming."
Her "faintly yellow" becomes light straw color for other writers. It must have been very good indeed to have seemed better than Devoniensis.
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Found written description in the 1913 Biltmore Catalog
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Description from an 1892 Dingee & Conard Co catalogue.
"Cornelia Cook. — This
beautiful Tea Rose is in great
demand for its magnificent buds,
which are of immense size and
of the most lovely and perfect
form imaginable ; color pure
creamy white, sometimes faintly
tinged with pale lemon and
blush; very double. 15c. each."
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Any idea of the page number please HubertG?
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#2 of 3 posted
7 MAR 18 by
 HubertG
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Sorry, I can't see a page number but you can find the description here:
https://archive.org/stream/ournewguidetoros18ding_1/ournewguidetoros18ding_1_djvu.txt
There are lots of other interesting tea descriptions. Some I've never heard of at all. I'm surprised at the number of red teas introduced at that time too.
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#3 of 3 posted
23 APR 18 by
HubertG
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I've just uploaded an illustration of a 'Cornelia Cook' bud from the J. E. Jackson, Gainesville, Georgia 1902 catalogue. These growers claim to be the "largest Rose growers in the South", so their catalogue might be of particular interest for found roses in the southern States. The accompanying description for the illustration (same page) is:
"Cornelia Cook - This beautiful Rose is in great demand for its magnificent buds, which are large, perfect and pure white."
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