JESSIE GIST (Nicholls-Wild & Son, 1953) - Double - Pink - Early Midseason. Medium height. Fragrant. Nicholls seedling #424. MARIE CROUSSE x SPRING BEAUTY. Lightly marked. This is a very lovely medium pink, fully double with nice form. Mrs. Byron Gist of Amarillo, Texas selected this as the nicest of all our seedlings to carry her name. (Wild's catalog, 1955). Bulletin 132.
Introduced for COL. NICHOLLS BY GILBERT H. WILD AND SON, INC. JESSIE GIST (Nicholls-Wild & Son, 1953) - Early mid-season. Double. Pink.
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