Rose and peony Breeder, Author and Discoverer  

Listing last updated on Wed Aug 2024

Rochester, New York
United States

Ellwanger & Barry
Rochester, New York

[From Climbing Roses, by Stephen Scanniello and Tania Bayard, p. 73: 'Crimson Rambler'] was brought to the United States [in 1895] by the firm of Ellwanger and Barry in Rochester, New York.
[From Roses of America, by Stephen Scanniello and Tania Bayard, p. 17:] In 1882, H.B. Ellwanger published The Rose, a book that soon set the standard for rose classification. Ellwanger, proprietor of the Mount Hope Nursery in Rochester, New York, described and evaluated nearly a thousand varieties of roses in his book, but he complained that many of them were European imports unsuitable for cultivation in America... [Ellwanger] attempted to develop roses that would grow well in the United States, using native wild roses as the stock.

[From Roll Call: The Old Rose Breeder, p. 153:]
Ellwanger & Barry
Mount Hope Nurseries
Rochester, New York, U.S.A.
Founded by George Ellwanger 91816-1906) and Patrick Barry in May 1840.
Ellwanger had at least two sons: Henry B. Ellwanger, the rosarian and W.D. Ellwanger, both of them published authors.