I always wonder whether my Duchesse de Brabant, originally purchased from the Antique Rose Emporium sometime before 1990, is really a Madame Joseph Schwartz. Sometimes her blooms are pinkish, but more often they are white with just the slightest pink tinge.

Madame Isaac Periere has the most wonderful scent of any rose I've smelled, described in books as a true damask rose scent. The scent is much more delightful than the scent of a tea rose. The flowers are beautifully shaped and large. The only drawbacks to this plant are her disinclination to bloom much out of season....