Enjoj the 1962 All-A 



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In Your Garden, 



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TRULY THilC 



Nowhere in the world 

 are there finer all- 

 around roses than 

 those which have 

 won the All-America 

 title. The winners 

 are selected on the 

 basis of excellence in 

 13 different rose qualities by the 

 country's finest rose experts. Look 

 for the All-America Rose Selections ■ 

 symbol throughout this guidebook\ 

 to better roses. It identifies a' 

 winner! 



These 3 Winners 



•CHRISTIAN DIOR 

 *KING'S RANSOM 

 •JOHN S. ARMSTRONG 



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Christian Dior 



THE FASHION PLATE OF YOUR GARDEN 



H.T. (Meilland.) Plant Pat. 1943. When I first 



saw this rose 5 or 6 years ago in our testing fields 

 "*°^ here in the oldest rose-growing town in America, 

 I said to myself. ".lohn, boy. if this one doesn't wind up 

 as an All-America winner, you'd better turn in your pad - 

 and pencil and call it quits." I weisn't really sticking 

 my neck out very far at that, because Christian Dior 

 was obviously so wonderful that it couldn't help winning! 

 Here's what I jotted down on my clipboard that day 

 in the fields: "Great! Be sure to enter in All-America 

 trials. Has everything! COLOR — rich, bright, scarlet 

 iridescence over fine crimson-red. FORM — high-centered, 



very double, solid with 50 to 60 petals. Medium large, pointed, good-looking 

 bud. FRAGRANCE — smells good, sort of a light tea rose perfume. PLANT 

 — grows tall, upright, has nice, glossy foliage. VIGOR — apparently what the 

 Doctor ordered. Watch this baby!" Well, that's just what we all did, and we 

 found out other things about Christian Dior; for instance, that it blooms 

 abundantly and continuously . . . that the marvelous color does not "blue" 

 or fade . . . that the blooms, which incidentally grow on long stems, are 

 perfect for cutting . . . that they last very long . . . and here's something, 

 that they actually grow brighter in color under electric lights in the house! It's 

 also the winner of the "Most Beautiful Rose of F"rance" Award. Why did 

 we name it Christian Dior? Well, because it is a French rose — it is elegant 

 — it is a beautiful creation. We also thought it would make an appropriate 

 monument to a great creator of fashions. $3.50 ea.; 3 or more, $3.10 ea. 



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Copyright 1961 by The Conord-Pyle Company 



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