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Website/Catalog  (4 Jan 1999)  Page(s) 17.  Includes photo(s).
Book  (Nov 1998)  Page(s) 93.  Includes photo(s).
Book  (Sep 1996)  Page(s) 89.  Includes photo(s).
 
Sarah Van Fleet With one or two exceptions, Rugosa hybrids are very, very thorny. 'Sarah Van Fleet' is perhaps the most prickly of all. In good soil it makes a dense, upright-growing shrub to about six feet. Light green foliage. Unlike those of most Hybrid Rugosas, its hips are not particularly ornamental, so dead-heading is advisable and will yield many more flowers throughout the season.
Newsletter  (Apr 1995)  Page(s) 24.  
 
"Twenty of the Best Hardy Roses for Nurserymen Selling Roses in New Hampshire" by Mike Lowe
The following are ten of the best repeat-flowering roses. Keep in mind that most miniature and Rugosa roses are very hardy.
Sarah Van Fleet. 1926. Medium pink. Flowers—wild rose-pink, semi-double, loosely cupped, large, very fragrant. Recurrent bloom. Foliage leathery. Compact upright growth. (A word of caution: this is a Rugosa; do not spray Rugosas: they are phytotoxic—the leaves fall off if you spray them.)
Book  (Feb 1995)  Page(s) 51.  Includes photo(s).
 
Sarah Van Fleet Rugosa hybrid. Description... Rosy pink semidouble flowers, three to three-and-one-half inches across...
Book  (11 Jun 1993)  Page(s) 48, 49.  
 
R. rugosa x 'My Maryland' (?) Van Fleet (USA) 1926. Description... the clear mid-pink blossoms are quite large, 3 1/2 inches across, somewhat cupped, and semi-double.
p. 49: [Photo]
Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 535.  
 
Hybrid Rugosa (Shrub), medium pink, 1926, Reported as R. rugosa x 'My Maryland', but chromosome number makes this improbable; Van Fleet; American Rose Society. Flowers wild-rose-pink, semi-double, cupped, large; very fragrant; foliage leathery, rugose; compact (6-8 ft) growth; recurrent bloom.
Book  (Feb 1993)  Page(s) 108.  Includes photo(s).
Book  (1993)  Page(s) 121.  Includes photo(s).
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