Mrs A. Meilland (pink)

`Mrs Antoine Meilland' , more known in the Anglo-Saxon countries under the name of `Peace' , a Hybrid of the, is one of the cultivated Rosier S most famous of all times. It was dedicated by its creator to his mother, born Claudia Dubreuil.

History

It was developed by the nursery gardener French, Francis Meilland, in the years 1935 - 1939. When Meilland had a presentiment of the imminent invasion of France by the German army, it sent Bouture S of various varieties of rose trees to friends in Italy, in Turkey, in Germany and with its partner in the United States Conard and Jones compagny, in order to preserve the new variety.

The rose tree was known in the following way under the name of `Peace'. With the beginning of the year 1945, Meilland wrote with the Field Marshall Alan Brooke (which became the Alanbrooke Viscount in 1946), principal author of the main strategy which made it possible to gain Second world war, to thank it for the key function that he played in the release of France and to ask to him whether he would agree to give his own name to the pink. Brooke declined the offer, explaining why, if it were honoured with the proposal, its name would quickly be forgotten and that a much better name and much more durable would be “ Peace ” (“Peace”).

This name of `Peace' is a trade description; The name of official Cultivar of the variety is Rosa `Mrs Antoine Meilland'. The adoption of trade name `Peace' was announced in public with the the United States the April 29th 1945 by its introducer, Robert Pyle of the company Conard and Jones compagny. It was the very same day of the fall of Berlin, dates regarded officially as marking the end from the Second world war in Europe. Later the same year, of the pinks `Peace' were offered to each delegation taking part in the inaugural meeting of the the United Nations in San Francisco, accompanied each one by a ticket thus made out: “ We hope that the pink `Peace' will carry the human thoughts towards a durable peace in the monde".

Description

It is a Hybride of the to very large flowers (they frequently have a diameter from 16 to 18 cm), very doubles, which open out of cut. Their color, from a yellow gold to light or cream slightly hemmed of carmine varies according to the ground, the sunning and from one day to another with the age of the flower. They are solitary or by two or three on strong stems. Flowering can be quasi continuous from April at October.

The foliage is green sharp.

Its form bush is high from 80 to 90 cm and there exists a climbing variety high very vigorous of 3 meters.

It is a rose tree vigorous, resistant to the diseases and it keeps all its qualities with the passing of years, which makes it very popular in the gardens and the floral trade. Created right before the Second world war by Francis Meilland, it started to be diffused in 1945 and more than one hundred of million seedlings was sold by it in the world. In its book Pink appeared in 1992, Peter Beales, expert Rosiériste English, affirms: “ `Peace' is, without any doubt, the most beautiful hybrid of the ever produced and it will remain for always a standard variety ”.

Distinctions

Ascent and filiation

The rose tree `Mrs A. Meilland' is the result of the following crossing:
Dickson' × `To remember Claudius Pernet') × (`Joanna Hill' × `Charles P Kilham') × `Margaret Mc Gredy'.

Among his descendants, one can note the rose tree `Chicago Peace', a “sport” appeared in 1962 in the area of Chicago (the United States) which is distinguished from `Mrs A. Meilland' by the color of its flowers, definitely hemmed of pink.

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