Book  (Apr 1999)  Page(s) 389.  
 
Cardinal Hybrid Tea. J. Cook 1904. Parentage: 'Liberty' (Hybrid Tea) x red seedling... deep rich crimson...

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 75.  
 
Cardinal Hybrid Tea, red, 1904, 'Liberty' x Red seedling; Cook, J. One of the parents of 'Radiance'.

Book  (Jun 1992)  Page(s) 275.  
 
Cardinal Hybrid Tea. Cook, 1904. Parentage: 'Liberty' x an unnamed red seedling. [Author cites information from different sources.]

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 127.  
 
Cardinal (HT) J. Cook 1904; Liberty X red seedling; dark cardinal-red, medium to large, double, fine form, fragrance 7/10, good foliage, growth 5/10, bushy. Sangerhausen

Book  (1922)  Page(s) 169.  
 
Cardinal, H.T. (J. Cook, 1904.) Liberty X unnamed seedling.

Book  (1917)  Page(s) 24.  
 
Roses Worth While for Everybody by George C. Thomas, Jr.
The Best Forty-Eight Garden Roses First or Southern Division*, Red Section.
Cardinal. Hybrid Tea. Cardinal-red; perfume very good; forty-eight blooms throughout the season on Multiflora; growth bushy, but not tall. Perfume and blooming qualities render it an attractive garden rose.

*It should be noted that these forty-eight varieties are also recommended by Mr. Thomas as best for the "Second or Moderate Division." — Editor.

Book  (Apr 1915)  Page(s) 158.  Includes photo(s).
 
After the Index

Book  (Apr 1915)  Page(s) 158.  
 
[After the Index] Cardinal Hybrid Tea. Cook & Son 1904. Fair growth, some late autumn bloom. A Collector's rose.

Website/Catalog  (1914)  Page(s) 14.  
 
Hybrid Tea Roses.
Cardinal, vigorous. Cardinal red, large, full, sweet, floriferous, good.

Magazine  (26 Mar 1904)  Page(s) 380, vol. 22.  
 
In the opinion of many good rose judges John Cook's two new varieties, Cardinal and Enchantress, give promise of taking place among the established commercial roses for cut flower production. The rarity of American seedlings of standard merit makes Mr. Cook's services to floriculture all the more conspicuous. It is interesting to learn that each of these roses is the product of twenty years' devotion to rose hybridizing, Cardinal being the product of Liberty hybridized with an unnamed carmine seedling in the third generation, and Enchantress being a third generation seedling also, its parents being Mme. Testout and an unnamed seedling. In the case of Enchantress, its best qualifications are its beautiful clear unfading pink color and its freedom from blind wood, flowers coming from every growth. It is a steady bloomer from October till April, and the flowers shown in Philadelphia on March 23 were as good as those shown in midwinter. Cardinal is a very strong grower with a heavy flower. Mr. Cook hopes to get one yet that will be brighter in color, however. Its fragrance is very strong and sweet. It is at its best in December, January and February, but in fall and spring it is liable to give rather short stems. It has proved practically hardy in Baltimore, excelling Testout in this respect.