HYB: Renown offspring?

Unlike Mary, I have a bumper crop of seeds this year and am trying to
figure out which ones to fast track via burrito, which to plant outdoors
this fall, and which to store in the freezer until the next (inevitable)
bad year.

I got pods on RENOWN (1992) from several pollen parents and would love
to hear from others who have grown seedlings from it.  I don't want to
fast track all of them.

The online database only lists two registered children.  I haven't seen
or tried to grow either:

AGAIN AND AGAIN (Sterling Innerst, R. 1999). Sdlg. Re4619-1. TB, 36" (91
cm), M & RE.

SET SAIL (Lloyd Zurbrigg, R. 1999). Sdlg. OO 33C-6-1 'Superba'. TB, 36"
(91 cm), M.

RENOWN's pod parent, MATRIX, has a little bit of a tendency to rot here,
but has reliably large blooms, and Walter Moores tells me it passes on
good fall width.  SUKY is fairly new here, so I can't begin to guess
what it might or might not contribute.  I've had RENOWN's sib, GARDEN
CLUB DELIGHT, for several years, but haven't tried any crosses with it
and haven't paid much attention to its substance etc.

All but one of this year's pods on RENOWN came from pollen parents that
could use some extra width, but also could use a bit more substance.
RENOWN seemed to have pretty good substance here. ?

Successful crosses are
RENOWN X CHAMPAGNE ELEGANCE (2 pods, total of 9 seeds)
X re amoena sdlng: (IMMORTALITY x CELEBRATION SONG) (37 seeds)
X STUNNING (53 seeds)
X STUNNING SERENADE (55 seeds)
X SUNNYSIDE DELIGHT (huge wide blooms with good substance) (9 seeds)

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