Congratulations! There are about as many I would seriously order, except no shipping precludes my ability. There are many more really interesting varieties this go round than there have been in some time!

Thank you roseseek. This is the 1st time I've been on vacay during one of their fundraisers so able to make the trip. I believe I live not far from you (N.SLO county), if you wanted to place an order I would be happy to retrieve them for you. I only wish the gardens were going to be open too, a stroll after picking up the plants would have been perfect!

I am also getting "Schmidt's Smooth Yellow". I've been paring my collection down over the past few years but I could not resist this one.

The importance of the Vintage collection and supporting it, for rose lovers at least, can hardly be overstated. The wonderful 'Rosette Delizy' in Morcom Park that I mentioned above, for example, is actually labeled 'Mrs. William C. Egan', a 1920s Pernetiana. I went back to Morcom Park, in fact, to see 'Mrs. William C. Egan', as the plant so labeled was not in bloom in a visit the month before and, I was thinking at the time, that it was a pretty spectacular speciman for a Pernetiana -- "it's big and healthy! it has a decent amount of foliage!"-- and I wanted to see the flowers. But, when I actually saw the flowers last week, there was little doubt I was looking at a tea and, almost certainly, 'Rosette Delizy' or a total ringer for it -- there's another plant of that variety over in the Teas/Noisetttes section that runs along the perimeter of the main section of the rose garden. Well, no wonder it was such a nice-looking plant (unlike so many Pernetianas, unfortunately, despite their gorgeous colors and forms of bloom)....

'Mrs. William C. Egan', though, seems to only live anymore in but a few known places, according to HMF, one of which is the Friends of Vintage Roses collection. Interesting to note that the variety was listed as "missing from the collection" in Vintage's last catalog, but apparently was obtained again, perhaps from the San Jose Heritage Rose Garden, as there are photos of it from there dated 2009 on HMF. It doesn't seem to exist any longer at the SJHRG, however, as it doesn't currently appear on its list of roses. Another historic variety teetering on the brink of extinction.

ETA that the labeling at Morcom Park is very hit-or-miss, mostly on the "miss" side, but the garden is, as usual, largely maintained by volunteer effort and labels would likely be lower down on the priority list. The collection, in general, is looking far healthier and better than it did several years ago, so great strides have been made. They have even been gradually replacing deceased plants in the corridor of extra-extra tall standards of 'Renae" (7-8'+?) that line the entry to the main section. I don't know who still does that kind of grafting, but several new plants of this have been installed recently.

I don't believe I've ever seen Morcom Park, unless possibly many years ago if it was known under a different name. There was a gardener who used to post here many, many years ago, Elizabeth Churchill. She wrote humorous garden pieces under the name Dr Leda Horticulture, which gives you an idea of her sense of humor. She was affiliated with a garden up in the Berkeley/Oakland area that I did see once a long time ago. Later she worked with Regan Nursery. Could Morcom Park have been her rose garden? At some point she moved to New Orleans. She was very ill at one point, and I have not heard of her in over a dozen years. I do not know if she is still living or not. You can still find her writings if you google "Dr Leda Horticulture". Prepare to laugh. I never met her, but she was one of the formative, if distant, rosarians of my early learning stage.

Even more formative of course is Vintage, first the nursery and now the non-profit that works to preserve the collection. What Catspa said is true. Some quite lovely rose cultivars are only a few living specimens from going extinct. Vintage is one of the places they still exist. With these rose sales they are able to distribute some of the roses so that they can exist more widely.

@Rosefolly I've encountered Dr. Leda online in the past, but didn't know much beyond enjoying her writings when encountered. Apparently she's still living in Louisiana; her page on HMF was last updated today: https://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=3.5025.

Morcom Park is well worth visiting -- quite a nice collection with a lot of old varieties and a pleasant place to spend a few hours, though not nearly as large or comprehensive as SJHRG, of course. They have some great old specimens of teas, tea-noisettes, and noisettes, as well as older HTs and floribundas (floribundas mostly collected in a section that is at the top of the stairs lined with 'Pride of Oakland' -- of course!)..

Pride of Oakland is a marvelous rose! I "discovered" that many years ago growing at The Huntington and apparently raised the only descendants of it. POL resulted when Robert Lindquist imaginatively crossed Pinocchio with China Doll and raised the perfect "hybrid polyantha". I planted it at several of my gardening clients' homes and sold the dickens out of it at the nurseries. It mated with Ralph Moore's 0-47-19 (seed parent of Paul Barden's Mel's Heritage) beautifully, resulting in Anne Belovich, Porcelain Rose and a smaller white poly/floribunda I called "Ice Cube" as it bears such a strong resemblance to Iceberg. The only plant of it I know of grows in Santa Barbara at Kippy's house.

@pacrnca thank you for your gracious offer! I sincerely appreciate it. I am going to sit this one out. I have far too much to deal with and need to pare it down to a more manageable level. I'm glad you're able to vacation and visit to pick them up. Have a great time! Thanks, again!

Oh, to live close enough to order from the Friends of Vintage Roses sales! The 2500 miles between me and there is just too far for pick-up. :) But I am going to become a member and support them in that way.

Contesse de Rocquigny is one I really wish were more widely available--Marissa at Greenmantle lists it, but it's always asterisked. If someone could get budwood to Peter Schneider at Freedom Gardens I think it could be more available commercially.

Roseseek, Thanks for the "Pride of Oakland" suggestion, it's going on my list! I see Burling has it available so hopefully it isn't in immediate danger of extinction.

Pacrnca, Of the roses on your list I would pick out "Gruss an Coburg" as a rose that I've come to appreciate a great deal (much more than I expected since I rarely come across discussions of it online). It has a wonderful scent, gorgeous and relatively unusual color, and blooms quite a lot in my location. Several of the others on your list are completely new to me - I'll have to research them.

I dearly hope to get to a FOVG sale one of these years. It's about a half-day drive for me but I am totally up for it, once the pandemic is past. I can't stand to think of historic roses going extinct!