Last year I made 7 crosses with The 777 Rose. All crosses resulted in a hip. And all hips have produced at least one seedling. I have a total of 26 seedlings from these crosses. Unfortunately all 7 tags were so badly faded, I do not know what any of the pollen parents for each of the hips were. I do know, however, which seven pollen parents were used because I keep track of all the crosses I make on an excel spreadsheet.
Each seedling that has blooms I heave been really impressed with so far, but one has really caught my eye because it is the darkest red I have ever seen from my seedlings. The seedling is Seedling 13-163. I would place it up there with Black Jade, Nigrette, and Taboo in terms of darkness. Also, it has the most velvety texture I have ever felt on a petal.
So anyone want to guess what the possible pollen parent is?
Adelaide Hoodless
Altissimo
Curly Pink
Elina
Julia Child
Night Owl
Pink Princess
BTW there is no parentage listed for The 777 Rose, so this might be a crap shoot at best, but it is still kind of fun to take a guess.