Per the 1928 Lee R. Bonnewitz Iris and Peony catalog of Van Wert, Ohio:
MARIE CROUSSE (Crousse). A very beautiful double Peony of ...Read Morethe softest TOURANGELLE color and which blooms two or three days earlier than TOURANGELLE, and which like that variety, needs support when used upon the landscape. When show bloom is desired, the buds of this variety and of TOURANGELLE should be covered with paper bags which should be removed only after the blooms are taken indoors, when it will be discovered that these two varieties have a pink tone of exceeding softness and beauty. Recommended for cut flowers and for the show room. $2.00
Per the APS website:
MARIE CROUSSE (Crousse, 1892) - Double - Pink - Midseason. Medium height. Moderate fragrance. Very large. Guards very large, with usually smooth outline; central petals broad, narrowing toward the collar, forming an immense globular bloom; pale pink, shaded rose in the center, overspread with a glowing suffusion. Free-flowering; stems stiff. Foliage of average quality. A fine peony of note-worthy color and form. There is a suggestion of creaminess about the color, but the petals are too translucent to call it creamy pink and the tint is not strong enough to call it salmon.
Per the 1928 Lee R. Bonnewitz Iris and Peony catalog of Van Wert, Ohio:
MARIE CROUSSE (Crousse). A very beautiful double Peony of ...Read More