Article (newsletter)  (Feb 1985)  Page(s) 1.  
 
[From a cross of 'Little Darling' and 'Ferdinand Pichard', Ralph Moore used this rose in his breeding program.] But the one (and only) successful cross to produce a striped flower was a small lot of about 50 seeds from 'Little Chief' (miniature) x No. 14 stripe. When I first saw the flower on the tiny plant (the only seedling which came striped!) I knew I had something. As soon as possible, a few cuttings were made. These were followed by more cuttings so that within a year we had over 3000 plants. Thus the miniature Stars 'N' Stripes was born—just in time to celebrate the bicentennial of the USA in 1976.