The Pond Society Network Asks for Your Help 



II he Pond Network is "dedi- 

 I cated to helping people be 

 successful pond keepers at home, 

 in community' groups, and in in- 

 stitutions while improving the 

 environment and encouraging 

 an apiH'eciation for the proper steward- 

 ship of the earth." 



They are looking for new outlets 

 for pond products. Traditionally, these 

 products have been sold through pet 

 stores, but now fewer and fewer pet 

 stores have room for such products, so 

 they are turning to nurserymen for help. 

 A recent farm letter reads in part 



"Dear Nurserj'men, You have an im- 

 portant profit opportunity before you. 

 By growing and/or retailing aquatic 

 plants and providing the hard goods 

 necessary to build and maintain back- 

 yard ponds. 



"The Pond Network can help you 

 and its subscribers at the same time. 

 We need more and better retail outlets 

 across the country for pond products. 

 That is aquatic plants, pond shell ma- 

 terials, care and maintenance prod- 

 ucts... 



"We share knowledge on how to 

 build and care for back yard ponds . We 



do not sell nor are we obligated... We do 

 publish the Pondscapes magazine and a 

 national director)' of products and serv- 

 ices for ponds. We can provide you with 

 lists of wholesalers who can provide 

 products and advice on how to get 

 started... 



"The pet stores have not filled this 

 need... we feel you are in the perfect 

 position to profit from this situation." 



For further information. The Pond 

 Society Network, P.O. Box 449, 

 Acworth, Georgia, 30101 (404) 975- 

 0277; Fax (404) 975-3877 



AARS Announces Four 1991 Winners 



June is the traditional month 

 for weddings, graduations 

 and other rites of passage. It 

 is perhaps fitting, then, that 

 June is also National Rose 

 Month, in that the U.S. floral 

 emblem frequently plays an important 

 role in such celebrations. 



June also is the month when All- 

 America Rose Selections, Inc. (AARS), 

 announces its annual winners. 



Prior to selection as AARS win- 

 ners, the roses survived a two-year test- 

 ing period that included heat, drought, 

 cold, wind, insects, diseases and hard- 

 lo-please judges in all areas of the U.S. 

 The 1991 winning roses will be avail- 

 able to consumers in the spring of 199 1 , 

 earUer in certain Sunbelt areas. 



Sheer Elegance 



One of the few AARS winners to 

 be hybridized by an amateur. Sheer Ele- 

 gance is a highly disease resistant, h ybrid 

 tea rose of medium height. Its show- 

 quality, non-fading blooms are soft pink 

 with almond-colored edges and have a 

 mild to strong musky fragrance. It is a 

 prolific and quick bloomer with long, 

 stiff florist-quality stems and necks. 



Sheer Elegance was introduced by 

 DeVor Nurseries, Inc., Watsonville, 



Calif. , and hybridized by Jerry Twomey 

 of Leucadia, Calif. 



Perfect Moment 



The second AARS award-winning 

 hybrid tea rose. Perfect Moment, fea- 

 tures a unique yellow-based bloom with 

 red tips. Its bud opens in a slow spiral to 

 show high-centered, heavy blooms with 

 excellent keeping quality. The plant has 

 dark green, leather-like foliage and 

 excellent disease resistance. 



Introduced by Jackson & Perkins 

 Co., Medford, Ore., Perfect Moment 

 was hybridized by Reimer Kordes of 

 Sparrieshoop, West Germany. 



Shining Hour 



The AARS award-winning gran- 

 diflora. Shining Hour, is rated as ex- 

 tremely flOTiferous with high-centered 

 yellow blooms of approximately 35 

 petals. The bush exhibits good vigor 

 with medium green, glossy foliage and 

 an upright, dense habit. 



Like Perfect Moment, Shining Hour 

 was introduced by Jackson & Perkins 

 Co. The rose was hybridized by Wil- 

 liam A. Warriner, who retired in 1988 

 as the company's vice president of re- 

 searchand is responsible formore AARS 



winners than any other hybridizer. 

 Carefree Wonder 



The fourth AARS winner for 1 99 1 , 

 Carefree Wonder, is an everblooming 

 landscape rose that requires low main- 

 tenance and is exffemely hardy in win- 

 ter and summer. Its colorful blooms 

 feature rich pink petals with creamy 

 pink reverse and span 4 1 /2 inches across. 

 The bush has exceptional vigor, an 

 orderiy, rounded habit and reaches a 

 height of 3 to 4 feet 



Carefree Wonder, inn-oduced by 

 theConard-PyleCo.,WestGrove,Penn., 

 was hybridized by Selection Mcilland, 

 Antibes, France. 



(Excerpted from the June. 1990 All- 

 America Rose Selections, Inc. Rose 

 Report) 



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