Deb,
I use to grow about 25 different roses here but am down to about 6 or 8. Just too much work. I have Master Lincoln which is a beautiful dark red tea rose, very resistant to disease. Love Peace but will be similar to your Chicago peace. In Snohomish there is a place that specializes in roses call antique rose farm. I have never been there but my brother says it's a great place for roses. Bet they could give you an ear full. It's on sparengeti (sp) Rd. Just off of Hwy 9 where you would turn to go to the Snohomish airport.
I too have 'Abraham Darby' Very fragrant and ruffled rose. Mine tends to rot a bit if we have any length of rain. I always went of the Tea Roses so this was very different but is a good grower and disease resistant. I still have it.
Do not order from Jackson and Perkins online. I ordered from there about 5 years ago because this use to be "The Place" to order from. Not to happy with them!
Also, Now days many roses are grown on their own root stock, this stops you from getting your graft frozen and wild rose from growing. Not all are doing this.
Good luck and try to find some that smell nice, that will be hard to do.
Julia
