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Rêve d'Or, Bred by Ducher, France 1869.
The rich, golden-hued blooms are about 4 inches in diameter, and an unfading rich warm yellow. Not as fully double as some of the Noisettes, it is still a double, deeply cupped bloom, with a very fine fragrance. It is nearly constantly in bloom from spring to frost, with its heaviest bloom in the late summer or early fall. Disease resistance is excellent. From
Rose Kingsley, c. 1908: "One of the most useful and hardy of the
race, a rampant grower, with buff-yellow blossoms borne in immense numbers
both in summer and autumn, while its rich red shoots and reddish-green
foliage make it a beautiful object before and after it blooms. It ARS
merit rating: 9.4
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'Rêve
d'Or' is bred from the Noisette, 'Mme Schultz'. Many of the
modern references suggest that this is one of the most outstanding of
the Noisettes. The plant is vigorous, healthy, blooms almost without
pause, and is reasonably cold hardy. What more could you want from a
rose? 
strongly
resents any pruning beyond shortening its vigorous summer shoots.