Hey dave that is dead ringer
for gloire des rosomanes. Esp.
the bowl shaped petals and the golden center.
The light magenta touch is definitely it.

According to JD it is occasionally used as
a root stock. What do you think. Is it a sucker
from a dead graft?

--
Theo in Zone 5
Kansas City

"dave weil" wrote in message
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So, you guys know that I picked up a "Mr. Lincoln". However, I have to
wonder if it really *is* Mr. Lincoln.

I thought that Mr. Lincoln was a pure, deep red. However, this very
big, "smelly" g bloom has a lot of purple in it (at least it seems
that way to me).

Tell me what you think:

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/ddweil2/Mr.Lincoln.jpg

Here's an "arty" pic of the bloom, but of course, you won't be able to
use it for identification:

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/ddweil2/ArtyLincoln.jpg