On 17/6/06 08:15, in article ,
"Charlie Pridham" wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 16/6/06 13:42, in article
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"Charlie Pridham" wrote:

Anyone got access to the full version? Am trying to settle a dispute
about a
white rose 'La Perle' and am having trouble persuading someone there is
more
than one shade of white! and that 'La Perle' is not a yellow rose. If I
am
to quote numbers I would as soon they be correct :~)
(I just remember there are pages of them, broken down into green whites,
cream whites, blue whites etc)

Yes, Charlie, Ray has that set of different coloured cards in a green box.
How can we help?
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(email address on website)

Just an idea how many shades of white are given would be usefull,
If you have the time you could try comparing the on screen picture at
www.roselandhouse.co.uk/roses/rlaperle.htm its a good likeness this end! I
just want to be sure that it comes up as a white rose and not a yellow one
(I know the buds are a soft yellow but the flowers are a lovely cream white.
(You may of course know the rose?)

No, I don't know the rose but there is no doubt it's white. Have a look at
the David Austin site too, BTW.
http://www.davidaustinroses.com/engl....asp?showr=917
The white group in the RHS colour chart is in Fan 4 and runs as follows:
White group, Greyed-White, Green-White, Yellow-White, Orange-White. Each
card has 4 shades on it and on printing off your pic and looking at that and
the screen picture, I have no doubt in saying that it's in White Group and
looks most like 155D. The centre appears to fall into the Yellow-White
Group 158 and is 158A. Naturally, colour registers can alter things but
this is most certainly not a yellow rose!
However, there IS a pale yellow tea rose called Perle des Jardins, bred by
Levet and my guess is that your interlocutor might be thinking of that one?
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(email address on website)