I'm glad you like it. A lot of people think they never want to grow a
once bloomer, but I think they're missing some of the most beautiful
roses: Fortune's Double Yellow, Chevy Chase, Thor, Flora, Long John
Silver. I planted Gem of the Prairies this spring, and I'm fighting off
the urge to buy May Queen (I saw the prickles and go scared). Vintage
sells Thor every one in a while.

Unique Too wrote:

That's the color I'm looking for! Not only the color, but I love the
form. No wonder people wanted it. HMF doesn't have any photos of
this one, you should submit yours. Any rose this beautiful should be
shared. Maybe then others would fall in love and it would be offered
somewhere besides ARE. Since I'm out of sunny space anyway I'll have
to try a dark red in a semi-shady location. Since both you and Mack
agree, full sun must lighten dark roses. I should have bought that
Black Jade I saw the other day.

Cass writes:

My blackest rose is Thor. It is a rich red in summer, but when the
days get short (and the bloom gets really sparce, like in October) it
is really dark and 5 inches across:

http://www.rosefog.us/Roseoftheday/ThorOct02.jpg

People are wild for a really dark rose. I took it to Miriam Wilkin's
Celebration of Old Roses, and three people wanted it bad. One took one
of the two blooms to try to root. Now, with the long days, it is the
darkest cherry red.