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Miss Minnie Merritt

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Id:ICR-12741

CountryBelgium

Year Published/Registered1873

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Miss Minnie Merritt'

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Miss Minie Merrith  Real Companhia Horticolo-Agricola Portuense, Catalogue, No.29, 1895-1896, p.52. Orthographic error for Miss Minnie Merritt.

Miss Minnie Meret  Bahuaud-Litou Nursery Catalogue, 1914-1920. Orthographic error for Miss Minnie Merritt.

Miss Minnie Merrit  da Silva, 1880, Forcing Varieties of Camellias at Oporto, p.15. Orthographic error for Miss Minnie Merritt.

Miss Minnie Moret  Vanderbilt, 1940, Camellia Research, p.6. Orthographic error for Miss Minnie Merritt.

Description

» English Description

Linden Catalogue, 1873, p.38. No desription. André, 1874, L’Illustration Horticole, vol.XXI, pl.185, p.153: Foliage pendant, sharply acuminate; flowers large and superbly imbricated, petals well separated, orbiculate, reflexed; those at the centre, raised, micronate, the outer petals with small notches. The colour is a soft, salmon pink, recalling the variety ‘Jubilee’, deepening to the centre, white edged and covered by fine, longitudinal stripes of rose. Originated in Belgium. Orthographic errors: ‘Miss Minnie Merrit’, ‘Miss Minnie Meret’, ‘Miss Minnie Moret’, ‘Miss Minie Merrith’.

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Blooming Season Belgium

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