Harison's Yellow, also known as the Oregon Trail Rose and the Yellow Rose of Texas, is a hybrid rose cultivar

Rose

A rose is a woody perennial of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae. There are over 100 species. They form a group of erect shrubs, and climbing or trailing plants, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Flowers are large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows...

 which originated as a chance hybrid seedling of Rosa foetida

Rosa foetida

Rosa foetida is a species of rose, native to the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains in Georgia. It has yellow flowers with a mild, sour scent many find objectionable, thus the species name...

. The cultivar first bloomed at the suburban villa of George F. Harison, attorney, between 8th and 9th Avenues on 32nd Street, north of New York City

New York City

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. The site of Harison's villa is now just south of the present General Post Office

General Post Office

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. The nurseryman William Prince

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 of Long Island took cuttings and marketed the rose in 1830. Harison's Yellow is naturalized at abandoned house sites through the west and is found as a feral

Feral

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 rose along the Oregon Trail

Oregon Trail

The Oregon Trail is a historic east-west wagon route that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon and locations in between.After 1840 steam-powered riverboats and steamboats traversing up and down the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri rivers sped settlement and development in the flat...

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The Yellow Rose is the official flower of both Delta Xi Phi

Delta Xi Phi

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 Sorority, Inc. and Alpha Phi Alpha

Alpha Phi Alpha

Alpha Phi Alpha is the first Inter-Collegiate Black Greek Letter fraternity. It was founded on December 4, 1906 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Its founders are known as the "Seven Jewels". Alpha Phi Alpha developed a model that was used by the many Black Greek Letter Organizations ...

 Fraternity, Inc.

Harison's Yellow was planted by the Heritage Rose Foundation in the Spring of 2009 near the grave of George Folliott Harison, who in the 1830s created this rose in his Manhattan garden. The planting is now a part of the Heritage Rose District of NYC

Heritage Rose District of NYC

The Heritage Rose District of New York City is the first and only rose district in the country. It is the result of the efforts of the Office of the Manhattan Borough President and the Heritage Rose Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of old roses.The Heritage Rose...

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