@colleenoz. I not too sure what you mean in your post, to be honest.... @ingeorgia. Yes, I'm happy with what I got for it. I sold it honestly, making it quite clear that I did not not its age or what it may have previously been used for.... What I meant was that I feel for the person who bought it, if they have bought it based on the potential mis-information of the seller. Cheers

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I grew Gene Boerner in my PNW rose garden. I got him because he had hybridized so many good roses. He was an admirer of Kordes and used to write to him a lot asking questions about hybridizing. I can see in some of his roses the effect of his Kordes knowledge. Gene Boerner doesn't have large flowers like to-days roses do but they are an attractive shape and colour plus have a rose type fragrance. In my garden he was a disease free rose. Mr. Boerner knew that roses smelt best when it was warm and humid. So he would place a fragrant rose under his hat so when he showed it to someone, it had a strong fragrance.

I think that's called chip carving, and I'd guess it was from Burmah, Japan, SE Asia somewhere? That's pretty vague, sorry! It's nice!