The
Peace Rose also known as Beke, Fredsrosen, Gioia, Gloria Dei, Mme. A. Meilland,
Mme Antoine Meilland is perhaps the most famous rose of all.The
Duke of Windsor stated that, �It is most certainly the most beautiful rose
in the world.� The Peace Rose
blooms with 45 petals of pale yellow tinged with pink.
Francis
Meilland, at the age of 23, developed the rose in 1935 but as a war began
in Europe no one knew if the rose even survived. The rose in turn was offered
under three separate names, Gloria Dei (Germany), Gioia (Italy), and Mme.
A. Meilland, in memory of the hybridizer�s mother.
Conrad
Pyle christened the rose �Peace� to commemorate the end of World War II.The
rose was formally introduced the day Berlin fell on April 29, 1945.
�This
is the �Peace� rose, which was christened by the Pacific Rose Society exhibition
in Pasadena on the day Berlin fell.We
hope the �Peace� rose will influence men�s thoughts for everlasting world
Peace.�
-Provided to forty-nine delegations of the United Nations with single bloom.1945