West Grove 



PENNSyiVANIA 



Dear Friend: 



Spring, 1963 



This spring, I am pleased to place in your hands a catalog which should have for 

 you a wider range of interest than those of previous years. Instead of our usual 40 

 pages, there are 64 — an increase which permits us to offer you a more complete list 

 of desirable plants to make your home grounds more beautiful and more valuable. 

 For instance, in addition to our rather long array of fine Star Roses, we are now able 

 to include a more diverse group of colorful perennials, a new and enlarged section 

 devoted to outstanding flowering shrubs and an expanded list of useful garden supplies. 



I say that I am pleased — because I think of you and of other Star Rose customers 

 as being the kind who appreciate fine, high-quality plants for the good they can do you in making life more interesting and 

 enjoyable. In this respect, the spring of 1963 "bids fair," as they say, to be a rewarding one, for our new plant introductions, 

 selected by us with such care and after years of testing, are worthy of your earnest consideration. 



In particular, I would call your attention to Royal Highness, our new All- America award-winning Hybrid Tea rose for 1963. 

 This, I am proud to say, is our fifth All-America winner since 1958! It is a distinction which we value very much . . . and a 

 rose which merits it to the full. The City of Portland's International Test Garden awarded it a Gold Certificate. Its latest 

 honor has just come from Madrid, Spain, where an International Jury of 20 Judges singled out Royal Highness from nearly 

 200 entries from five countries to receive the City's highest rose honor — The Gold Medal. At the rose trials in Geneva, Switzer- 

 land, Royal Highness received a Certificate of Merit, thus rounding out a notable list of international honors. 



I would be remiss, I believe, if I did not also point briefly to our new rose, Chicago Peace. It is big, solid, substantial in 

 the great Peace way. The colors are different (see back cover) and it is fra- 

 grant. It is a true sport of Peace. You will be hearing a great deal about it 

 in the years ahead, for it has the kind of virtue which will make it endure. 



Just below on this page is a complete list of new plants from Star Roses 

 for 1963. I feel sure that many of them will interest you, and I believe that 

 you will find some among them that you will want in your garden this spring. 



I would like now to thank you for patronage, whether it be old or new, and **■ ''■ ""'*o" 



to assure you that we value it. We will do all we can to make your association President 



with us a happy and satisfying one. The Conard-Pyle Company 



Sincerely, 



/ifm PLANTS from STAR ROSES 



FOR 1963 



It is always a pleasure to introduce new roses and to tell you about 

 them. This year in particular the list is star-studded; and it is headed 

 by our All-America winner, Royal Highness, which an official of the 

 All-America Rose Selections has predicted will be the most outstanding 

 rose exhibition winner of the coming few years. He bases his opinion 

 on its exceptionally fine form, long stems and beautiful color. Tropicana 

 is, of course, on our list, too. This is a winner of the All-America Award 

 for 1963 and also of many other awards. These leaders are followed 

 by a splendid array of beauties — perhaps the most interesting new 

 introductions of recent years. I urge you to read about them and to 

 consider their possibilities for your garden this spring. 



ROYAL HIGHNESS. All-America for 1963. See cover and page 3. 



TROPICANA. All-America for 1963. See page 2. 



CHICAGO PEACE. The finest of the several sports of the great Peace 

 rose. See page 64. 



ORANGE FLAME. The orange-scarlet rose which many rose testers 

 say will have a great future. See page 4. 



IVIT. SHASTA. Pure white. The tallest rose in this color. See page 2. 



RUiMBA. Gay tones of red, yellow, copper. See page 24. 



LANCASTER. A fine Climber named for the Red Rose City of Lan- 

 caster, Pennsylvania. See page 40. 



SUMMER SLTNSHINE. Enormous, bright yellow. See page 8. 



MY CHOICE. Soft, silvery pink. See page 8. 



COLUMBUS QUEEN. Beautiful shades of pink. See page 8. 



I heartily recommend all of these new kinds, and am sure that you 



will like them. . . 



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To order your plants by mail is the simplest, easiest, 

 most convenient way in the world, as you will dis- 

 cover if you've never done so before! Just imagine! 

 You select your plants in the comfort of your hom.e 

 and at your leisure — fill out the order blank — and 

 mail with your check or money order in the self- 

 addressed, postage-paid return envelope! That's 

 all! And it's all possible because both our plants 

 and the United States Mail are to be depended 

 upon equally! Each year, we send our plants to 

 customers in nearly every state of the Union. Of 

 the many, many thousands of orders, the vast 

 majority is from repeat-customers . . . people who 

 have been satisfied and who order again. You, too, 

 can order from us with assurance of satisfaction. 



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