[Sca-cooks] rose color(s) in period?

[Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne Heise]

> This made me wonder. Today we have roses in various shades and colors. 
> Were all roses red in period or were there different colors? If so, 
> which colors are recent and which were period?

Pink 'red' roses, damask (white) roses are the most mentioned. though I believe there are yellow 
roses and striped roses by the time of Culpeper. I'll check Parkinson.

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