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'Wildfire' rose Reviews & Comments
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9 JAN 07 by
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Here is another reference for Wildfeuer: "Wildfeuer (W. Kordes & Sons 53) bushy, upright, 200cm, once-blooming, fiery red, sehr large flowers." Source: "Die Rose - ihre Kultur und Verwendung", Mathias Tantau & Karl Weinhausen, Stuttgart, 1956 |
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#1 of 4 posted
10 JAN 07 by
 Cass
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Shrub is the only classification information for this rose. Is any class shown in this reference? Thanks.
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#2 of 4 posted
11 JAN 07 by
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Wildfeuer is listed in a section titled Strauchrosen (Parkrosen), which means Shrub roses. So, unfortunately there is no botanical assignation. In Modern Roses X, there is also a Wildfire (i.e. Wildfeuer in German) by Swim 1955, descent from World's Fair x Pinocchio, two Kordes roses. Flowers are bright red and single. Coincidence? Or di Kordes sell the rights to Armstrong Nursery and was Wildfeuer reintroduced as Wildfire two years later? Strangely, Wildfeuer seems to be at the San Jose Heritage Gardens, but Wildfire not. Vice versa at Sangerhausen. Only Roseto Botanico Carla Fineschi lists both. I have a suspicion. |
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#3 of 4 posted
11 JAN 07 by
Cass
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I share your suspicion. I shall try to track this through the American Rose Annuals of the period.
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#4 of 4 posted
14 JAN 07 by
Cass
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Our suspicions are unfounded. Herb Swim's 'Wildfire' was patented, PP 1381. We can now search for U.S. plant patents using Google, at this URL: http://www.google.com/patents. To use the patent number, one must enter PP or Plant Patent followed by the number without any leading zeroes. Searches using patent holder may be conducted at www.patentgenius.com.
Both 'Wildfire' and 'Wildfeuer' are in Modern Roses 6 in 1965 and do not share common descriptions. I've added those descriptions as references.
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