Cassopolis
Classification:
2 Y-R[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:
Registered:
Yes, 2001
Seed Parent: 
W.H. Roese seedling (
Air Marshal 2 Y-O 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1953
Carbineer x Malta
Air Marshal
x
Caracas 2 O-O 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1963
Firecracker x Spelter
Caracas
)
Pollen Parent: 
Creag Dubh 2 O-R 
John S.B. Lea, England
Year Registered: 1978
[(Chungking x Spry) x Home Fires] x Vulcan
Creag Dubh
Seedling Number:
82-200-3
Pedigree Chart:
Used as parent:
1 time as pollen
Descendants:
Comments

Fl. rounded, 87 mm wide, facing up; perianth segments broad, mucronate, mid-yellow, with a slight flush of orange-red in some seasons, spreading, plane, margins a little incurved, smooth heavy substance, overlapping; inner segments narrower; corona cup-shaped, ribbed, strong red, frilled, with rim rolled and dentate. Sweetly scented. Resembles ‘Creagh Dubh’ but with the perianth segments more nearly spreading and plane and of purer color.

Origin of Name

Named for a local Michigan town in the U.S. where Dr. Reed has purchased his Ford trucks.