Perfume Delight 
>) Hybrid Tea. (Weeks.) “Oh, but these new 
> roses don’t have the fragrance of the old- 
timers!” How often have you heard that remark? If 
you yourself feel it’s true, we invite you to bury 
your nose in Perfume Delight after a few hours of 
sunshine have brought out its full fragrance. You 
will agree it is truly perfumed, truly delightful. 
The 30 or more large, satiny petals are 
unblemished brilliant glowing pink from beginning 
to end. As they unfurl from the spiraling bud they 
roll back gracefully to a double bloom up to 5 
inches across. A medium tall plant with large, 
leathery, olive-green leaves of above-average 
disease resistance. Good cutting stems with strong 
necks hold the blooms erect. Rugged hardiness and 
endurance help this splendid newcomer to resist 
both winter’s cold and summer's heat. 
This is the only Hybrid Tea to win the AIll- 
America Award for 1974, and we are pleased to be 
its introducer. The neat, compact growth makes it 
perfect for mass plantings and colorful as a group of 
three among border or foundation plants. Plant Pat. 
3282. (See illustration on front cover.) 
$4.90 ea.—3 or more, $4.55 ea. 
OFFER 102 
THE 1974 
ALL-AMERICAS 
BAHIA 
BON BON 
PERFUME DELIGHT 
$11.70 

Dear Friends: 
One of the great satisfactions of my 
more than 40 years with roses has been 
the many interesting people I have met, 
particularly the leading hybridizers. 
It has been delightful to visit Pedro 
Dot in Spain, the first European 
hybridizer with whom we dealt and 
from whom we. still receive new 
varieties. At the age of 89 he is still ac- 
tive, ably assisted by two _— sons, 
grandsons, and hopefully there will be great-grandsons to carry 
on this family business. 
When | first visited Charles Mallerin at Grenoble, France, 
in 1952 I was astonished to find that he had produced so many 
fine new roses from only a few hundred new seedlings. I told 
him so. A tall, imposing man, Mallerin straightened up, tapped 
the side of his head and said, “I use my head.” 
It was a pleasure to know Francis Meilland quite intimate- 
ly—the originator of the famous rose Peace, which our firm 
introduced in the United States in 1945. He was the fifth gen- 
eration of rose hybridizers, and it was tragic for him to pass 
away at the age of 46 in 1958. His hybridizing work has been 

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carried on by his father, his widow Louisette and his brilliant 
son Alain. 
Many families of hybridizers have carried on the business 
for several generations; for example, Svend Poulsen and his 
son Niels in Denmark, and Gerrit de Ruiter and his son Gijs- 
bert in Holland. Wilhelm Kordes of Germany is said to be the 
most knowledgeable rose man in the world. He has now retired 
but his work is ably continued by his son Reimer. 
In Japan I recently visited Seizo Suzuki, hybridizer and 
director for Keisei Rose Nurseries, who has some promising 
new seedlings. 
In this country I have enjoyed knowing, among others, Mrs. 
Gladys Fisher of Massachusetts, Carl Meyer of Ohio, and 
Herb Swim and Walter Lammerts from the West. No more 
dedicated rosarian exists than O. L. Weeks, who has produced 
PERFUME DELIGHT and GYPSY. 
To these who are or have been my friends, I dedicate this brief 
message, for they have brought new, beautiful plants into my life 
and yours. ee 
a eae Sincerely, 
LKEGL Abas Le 
S. B. Hutton, Sr., Chairman of the Board 
Printed in U. S. A. 
