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"Charlie Pridham" writes:
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| My Zephirine Drouhin was almost completely thornless, and is a good
| pink; it was very prone to black spot, though. Madame Alfred Carriere
| may have only a few thorns, but they are pretty vicious ones.
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| I am afraid that's why I left it off the list, it has never survived a
| season in this garden it always dies. I will have a look at M AC I have
| never noticed thorns but I don't get close up and personal with it very
| often!

At least, I believe that mine is that. I bought it as that, and it
looks exactly like it, but with a small number of large thorns. It
wouldn't be the first time I have bought X and it was Y.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.