Schmidt's Smooth Yellow (Eugenie Lamesch?)
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Comments (18)Anyone can contact Burling or any other source and offer them material for production. If you can convince the source they should be able to easily produce and sell the variety and it isn't patented, you may stand a decent chance. I can't offer Burling SSY as I gave my plant of it to Kippy before I moved, so I no longer grow it. I found it interesting and enjoyed it, but the petal substance and color were too fleeting and easily sun damaged for me to use for breeding, so it went on to other homes, along with MANY others. Kim...See More"Schmidt's Smooth Yellow"
Comments (2)Jeri - it smells to me of green apples, which conforms with the old descriptions of 'Eugenie Lamesch', which some think it might be. I have three plants now, and all of them (even the new babies!) are blooming in flush after flush, with only 3-4 weeks between. I just checked again, and all three of them are completely absolutely clean w/o any spraying, and have NO THORNS. I keep emphasizing that, because "thornless" seems sometimes to mean "not as many thorns as some roses". I do not mean that. I mean I have never, ever, found even one thorn on SSY. I now am brave and reach into the base of my big one and run my hands up the canes to check again - I would NEVER do that with any other rose! I understand that the Sacramento Historic Cemetery rose garden is going to have some for sale next Spring? Also, it roots very easily - if anyone is ever going to be in San Rafael, and would like cuttings, just contact me. Oh, re drought hardiness. The original plant I got mine from was growing in the front yard of a house which had been vacant for at least 3 years, and was scheduled to be (and was) torn down. Even when we are not having a drought, it is hot and dry and does not rain here for 6 months every Summer. Obviously no one was watering it. It was blooming when I took my cutting. Jackie...See More"Schmidt's Smooth Yellow"
Comments (16)Embothrium -- the article you cited (see here for full version) was about how the virus populations seem to be diverging because of lack of transmission between Rosa and Prunus hosts, and that while all the strains infecting Rosa can infect Prunus, the reverse is not true. It also stated that in order to infect one with a virus from the other, budding was required. I couldn't find any warning within the article about planting Rosa and Prunus near each other possibly leading to one infecting the other. I must have missed it. If so, could you direct me to a page/paragraph/line so I could find it? If not, why was the article cited in your post? :-) ~Christopher...See More"Schmidt's Smooth Yellow"
Comments (28)Jackie, I'm popping onto this thread because Jeri just posted new pics of her "Schmidt's Smooth Yellow", and that led me to checking the 'George Elger' page on HelpMeFind again. I noticed that there are a few more pics added. Take a look, also, at the oldest reference -- it's in French. I used Google Translate to convert it to English, which I'm adding below. Messrs. Turbat et C °, horticulturalists in Orleans, sell in the fall of 1912: GEORGE ELGER (Multiflore or Polyantha dwarf going up). Very floriferous variety, with erect growth, smooth wood, reddish green, dark green foliage, shiny above, reddish brown below, flowers in large corymbs, coppery golden yellow turning to light yellow with blooming, golden yellow buttons. The most yellow of the rising Polyanthas. Could be called “W. A. Richardson dwarf ”. Lends itself admirably to forcing; variety of great future for culture in pots and for beds. I bolded the part I thought would be of interest to you. And if anyone wants to test SSY genetically, we know that GE is listed as the seed-parent of the Polyantha 'Sunshine', which we still have in this country. :-) ~Christopher...See MoreAquaEyes 7a NJ
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