From the office of 

 S. B. Hutton, Sr. 



West Grove, Pa. 19390 

 Fall, 1964 



Dear Gardener: 



No rose is perfect and no rose catalog is perfect. Nevertheless it has been and will continue to be our aim and desire to con- 

 tribute to the creation and improvement of both. This catalog is our effort to present roses to you factually described and as 

 accurately illustrated as printer's ink permits. 



All my life in roses I have tried not to overdo the descriptions of roses in our catalogs. And yet, if you were yourself doing 

 the writing you too would use terms such as beautiful, lovely, fine, delightful — because you would fully realize that Star Roses 

 really are all of these things. And if they were not, we would not offer them to you, because the sole purpose of our business is 

 to provide our customer friends with beauty, pleasure, enjoyment and satisfactory gardening results. 



That is the reason we grow, test and evaluate THOUSANDS of kinds of roses year after year — why we discard most of them, 

 and present in our catalog only the very best kinds we can find. We have done this with the 1 14 roses we present in these 40 pages. 

 So, while our descriptions are glowing, we believe them to be accurate and hope they provide you with all the facts you wish 

 in order to make your selection of the kinds you will enjoy the most. 



Particularly I want to call your attention to some new roses that it gives me real pleasure to INTRODUCE FOR THE 

 FIRST TIME. Mister Lincoln and Camelot, the only two All-America Rose Selections (AARS) award winners for 1965, are 

 both Star Roses introductions. We are proud of this double honor and particularly grateful to be associated with the men who 

 developed these prize-winning roses, "Herb" Swim and "Ollie" Weeks, hybridizers in Chino, California. It's because of our 

 fine business relationship and long personal friendship with these and other leading rose breeders in this country and abroad 

 that we are able to present the finest new roses, year in and year out. In addition to Mister Lincoln and Camelot, we introduce 

 in this catalog for the very first time these outstanding roses: Garden State, on page 7 — Allegro, on page 7 — Oklahoma, on page 

 6 — Zambra on page 34 — and a most unusual newcomer, Sea Foam, on page 32. 



We have thoroughly tested these roses, some for seven full years. They are all beautiful. I think you will like them. 



There are several advantages in planting roses in the fall. A fall-planted rose takes advantage of every little break in the 

 weather during the late fall and early spring to develop its feeder roots. It's easier to plant in the fall when the earth is more 

 easily worked and when planting weather is more predictable; and you have more gardening time in the fall. Remember when 

 ordering . . . every rose of the millions we've sold in our 65 successful years has been backed 100% by our STAR ROSE 

 GUARANTEE. We mean it when we say: "You must be satisfied!" 



Sincerely, 



XtdrJeoses 



^^ WEST GROVE, PA. 



NONE FINER ANYWHERE 



Chairman of the Board 

 THE CONARD-PYLE CO. 



EXPLANATION QF ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS CATALOG 



Plant Pat. 1961— Plant Patent Number 



1961. 

 Plant Pat. App. For — Plant Patent Ap- 

 plied For. 

 A.A.R.S. — All-America Rose Selections 



award winner. 

 H.T. — Hybrid Tea Rose. The most pop- 

 ular by far of all kinds of roses. It is the 

 largest and has the most pleasing form. 

 Its many petals curl gracefully outward, 

 and usually the bloom is high-centered or 

 cupped. This is the kind of rose which is 

 best suited for cutting, since its tendency 

 is to produce blooms on long, strong stems. 

 These often hold magnificent individual 

 blooms, and sometimes two or three. 

 Plant Hybrid Teas in beds, one or two 

 or more plants deep, or in rows. 

 GR — Grandiflora Rose. Combines the 



size and (lower form of the Hybrid Tea 

 and the abundance of flowers of the Flori- 

 bunda. Plants are usually tall growing, 

 vigorous and substantial. The flowers are 

 produced in clusters or singly on good 

 stems and are usually good for cutting. 

 FL — Floribunda Rose. Has many (low- 

 ers, usually in cluslcr.s. Smaller than H.T. 

 but more colorful when planted together. 

 Good for borders and low hedges. Blooms 

 all season; gives a mass of color. 

 CL — Climbing Rose. Produces long 

 shoots or canes which can be trained over 

 trellises, poles, fences, walls or other sup- 

 ports. Some always have flowers in 

 season; others repeat their blooming. All 

 provide magnificent masses of color. 

 Some piovide good cut blooms. Use 

 them as screens and for backgrounds. 



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IMPORTANT— if height is not specified 

 in a rose description, it is medium. 



Unless otherwise stated, all roses in this 

 catalog are evtrblooming and blooms are 

 fully double. 



WHAT DOES EVERBLOOMING 



MEAN? This means that all during the 

 season from mid-spring to hard frost you 

 will have flowers almost continuously. 

 Roses bloom in waves or cycles, the first 

 blooming coming with a magnificent show 

 all at one time. Then as this recedes, you 

 get a lesser continuous blooming until the 

 second full cycle four to six weeks later. 

 This is repeated throughout the growing 

 season ... a longer flowering season 

 than any other plant gives you. There 

 will seldom be a time when there will be 

 no blooms in evidence on the plant. 



