Our 60th Year Servins America's Need for Fine Roses 



WEST GROVE 

 PENNSYLVANIA 



Fall, 1956 



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I'd like to tell you a little story that will interest you. It's about buying 

 nutmegs. Years ago when peddlers traveled from farm to farm in New 

 England selling household items, one of them thought he would "pull 

 a fast one," as we say today. He sold his customers wooden nutmegs instead of the real thing which came on the clipper 

 ships from the East Indies. The women were easily fooled, but the next year when he came that way again, no one would 

 buy anything from him. He went out of business because his customers could no longer trust him, while honest peddlers 

 continued to do a thriving trade. Even today, you can hear that expression of wise advice in New England towns — 

 "Don't buy any wooden nutmegs!" 



It occurs to me that this catalog of our Star Roses is like an honest peddler, bringing to you and your family things from 

 a marketplace too distant for you to reach in person. And like the peddler of old, it, too, must earn and win your con- 

 fidence. It must do so solely on the degree to which we fulfill the promises we make to you: that Star Roses are unsur- 

 passed for quality . . . that they are accurately described the enthusiam is reall* . . . and that they are fully guaranteed 

 to bloom in your garden. 



Proof of such fulfillment, I am happy to say, is very plain. We have been growing Star Roses right here in the southeast 

 corner of Pennsylvania for 60 years. We have been selling them in every state of the Union through the pages of our 

 Star Rose catalog. We sell to many thousands of the same people year after year, and through their good recommenda- 

 tions, we have found many new friends. We have never sold "wooden nutmegs". On the contrary, we sell always in the 

 firm belief that you will want to buy from us again. We count on your good will. 



You can buy through this catalog in complete confidence, safe in the knowledge that we are not just an order-taking 

 firm but actual Rose growers who know how to produce the finest. 



I cordially invite you to come and see for yourself how Star Roses are grown. Walk or drive among our fields of Roses, 

 at their best in September and early October this year. See the quality we have. Examine our Living Catalog of Star 

 Roses, a special planting of every variety of Rose we have for sale, all in one place. Visit our Garden Mart and green- 

 houses, open all year round. Talk with our garden experts. 



All of us here are very proud of the high quality of our Roses and of the good reputation they have built for us. I believe 

 that once you become acquainted with them you will share that pride. 



With best wishes for the success of your garden, and for your pleasure in it, I am 



Most sincerely yours, 



President 



THE CONARD-pyLE CO. 



NONE FINER ANYWHERE 

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I'd like, in particular, to bring your attention to the newest of Star Roses, a beautiful, bright salmon-red Floribunda 

 which is as exciting as its name . . . Sumatra. See this splendid newcomer in full color on page 23 of this catalog, 

 its first appearance anywhere. — SBH 



