Earlham Hybrids By J.E.Fitt / The Honary Mrs. Edwin Montagu,
Breccles Hall, Attleborough, Norfolk, England. 1924-1939. (Cont'd)

H. MARSHALL
(NEW)- INTENSE VERMILLION STAINED ROSE, VERY LARGE.
1930s; M. PRICHARD AND SONS, CATALOGUE No. 39. FITT/ MONTAGU.

ROSE QUEEN

JUDITH MONTAGU (Parentage - Queen Mary x Rose Queen)
(NEW)- VERY LARGE YELLOW STAINED ORANGE, FADING TO ROSE-CREAM.
1930s; M. PRICHARD AND SONS, CATALOGUE No. 39. FITT/ MONTAGU.

GLORIA
BRED AND SHOWN BY J.E.FITT, SHOWN AT THE NORWICH AND NORFOLK HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S AUTUMN SHOW IN 1948 AND ACHIEVED A FIRST CLASS CERTIFICATE OF MERIT.

MEDIUM SIZED CLEAR YELLOW DEEPENING AT THE MARGINS.
PRE. 1937; SIMPSONS OF BIRMINGHAM, SHOW LIST No.1, 1937. J.E.FITT

MARGARET ROSE
FIRE-RED, CENTRE PURPLISH EDGED ON PRIMROSE YELLOW.
AWARD OF MERIT, -B.C. 1958.
PRE. 1958; KAVB, HYACINTHS AND OTHER BULBS,  (INTERNATIONAL REGISTER). J.E.FITT.

W. D. CARTRIGHT
NAMED AFTER RHS. SECRETARY, LATE 1930s. REF. PETER FITT,

Other Earlham Hybrid names found during 2002 research -

No.1 1917 to name (Parentage - Queen Boadicea x King Edmund, ref. J.E. Fitt, Notebook)
REF: J. E. FITT, NOTEBOOK 'MONTBRETIAS'

No.3 1917 to name (Parentage - Lord Nelson x Queen Boadicea, ref. J.E. Fitt, Notebook)
REF: J. E. FITT, NOTEBOOK 'MONTBRETIAS'

COPPER KING

DUSKY QUEEN

Other Earlham Hybrid names that we can possibly contribute to this breeding -

BETTY
REF. W.E.SHERWELL-COOPER. CENTRE YELLOW-ORANGE WITH A CIRCLE OF DEEP
ORANGE-BROWN.

MRS.STANLEY BALDWIN
REF. 'GARDENING ILLUSTRATED'  21st. OCTOBER, 1939. 

MONTGOMERY
REF. KAVB 1963

BUTTERCUP
REF. KAVB 1963

ROSE SEEDLING

RACHEL       

GLADIATOR   
   
CRIMSON KING

SALMON KING

Hybrids of C.R.A. Hammond, Sprowston, Norwich,
Norfolk, England. 1930s.

SPROWSTON GEM

SPROWSTON GLORY     

Hybrids of Albert Hill, Chartwell, England. 1928-

ALBERT HILL WAS THE UNDER-GARDENER IN CHARGE OF MONTBRETIAS AT EARLHAM HALL AND BRECCLES HALL FOR J. E. FITT BEFORE REQUESTED TO WORK FOR
SIR WINSTONCHURCHILL. (BOTH HYBRIDS BELOW SHOULD BE CLASSIFIED
AS EARLHAM HYBRIDS BECAUSE OF THEIR UNIQUE PARENTAGE)

LADY GWEN
TO MONTBRETIA 'LADY GWEN' FOR EXHIBITION, (12 VOTES FOR), FROM MR. E. HOLLINGWORTH, WESTERHAM. THIS VARIETY WAS RAISED BY MR. A. E. HILL OF WESTERHAM, AS THE RESULT OF A CROSS BETWEEN 'HIS MAJESTY' AND 'INDIAN CHIEF'. THE SCARLET FLOWERS ARE A MEDIUM SIZE AND HAVE AN ORANGE-YELLOW THROAT.
REF: JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, VOL. LVIII, 1933.

A FINE NEW ORANGE WITH YELLOW MARKINGS.
REF: MAURICE PRITCHARD AND SONS CATALOGUE NO.39, CHRISTCHURCH. 1939 ?

DORIS
NAMED AFTER ALBERT HILL'S DAUGHTER