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Listing last updated on Wed Aug 2024
Angers, Pays De La Loire
France
In 1857, Robert associated with Moreau, and the nursery was renamed "Robert and Moreau", and from 1864 it was inherited by Moreau-Robert.
Other sources state that Robert married the daughter of a nurseryman Moreau, and changed the name of the company to Moreau-Robert following the death of his father-in-law in 1856.

[From L'Horticulteur français, 1859, p. 180:] MM. Robert et Moreau à Angers..Fraisier L'Elite des Amateurs...

[From Revue Horticole, 16 June 1862, p. 233:] Exposition horticole d'Angers...les Roses de MM. Robert et Moreau....

[From Journal de la Société impériale et centrale d'horticulture, 1862, p. 532:] Exposition à Versailles...18 au 22 mai 1862 ...Les Roses et les semis de ce charmant arbuste se font toujours sur une assez grande échelle à Angers. Parmi les exposants qui se livrent à cette industrie, je citerai MM. Robert et Moreau, auxquels il a été décerné une médaille de vermeil

[From La Belgique horticole, 1865, p. 182:] Le raisin Frédéricton est un gain de MM. Robert et Moreau d'Angers. Il nous a été communiqué, en 1865, le 20 septembre

[From Société Nantaise d'Horticulture. Annales, 1865, p. 110:]  Congrès pomologique de France, à Nantes,
du 24 au 30 septembre 1864.....Moreau et Robert, horticulteurs à Angers, 2e catégorie, collection de raisins.

[From La Rose, une Passion française, by François Joyaux, 2001, p. 103-104:] Vibert céda ses pépinières à son chef jardinier, Robert, qui avait d'ailleurs commencé à introduire quelques variétés de sa création....Entre 1845 et 1851, il est difficile de dire qui fut, de Robert ou de Vibert, l'obtenteur de ...variété sortie de leurs pépinières....À partir de 1851...Robert poursuivit seul...Dès 1857, il s'associa à un certain Moreau. Leurs obtentions sortirent, pendant cinq ans, jusqu'en 1863, au nom de "Robert et Moreau"...à partir de 1864, ces Pépinières passerent à l'héritier Moreau-Robert.

[From Modern Roses 10, p. 730:] Robert et Moreau, Angers, France.

[From a correspondent on the Internet:] Robert was the gardener of Vibert and took over the nursery in 1850 with his partner, Moreau.

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