'Nurse Tracey Davies'

General Discussion
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Judging by pollen diameter it would appear that ‘Nurse Tracey Davies’ is a fertile triploid.

The rose is a good unfading yellow, very healthy even when pot grown and neglected, has set hips with pollen from both ‘Topaz Jewel’ and ‘Broadlands’ (*which looks to be diploid), and it’s own pollen looks good under the microscope.

So I cant help thinking it would be a good source of yellow in a diploid breeding program (or anywhere you want a healthy unfading Yellow).

Has anyone else done anything with it?

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‘Nurse Tracey Davies’ still blooming and relatively black spot free. It’s the only rose still putting on a show this late in the season.

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[attachment=1]Golden Smiles, Oct 4 2013–IMG_3731c.JPG[/attachment][attachment=0]Golden Smiles, day 3, Oct 5 2013–IMG_3744.JPG[/attachment]This rose looks very much like Golden Smiles (FRYkeyno, Ivey Hall), bred about the same time by Fryer. Pickering had Golden Smiles for sale several years ago. I suspect that the two are siblings or are otherwise directly related (maybe parent-child or half-sibling)
Golden Smiles:[url] 'Golden Smiles' Rose
Golden Smiles, day 3, Oct 5 2013--IMG_3744.JPG
Golden Smiles, Oct 4 2013--IMG_3731c.JPG