STAR ROSE 
TRADE-MARK 
This is a durable, celluloid, 
star-shaped Tag bearing the 
name of the Rose on the back. 
You have the satisfaction of 
always knowing a Star Rose 
by name when it blooms. 
Insist on having the Star 
Rose Trade-Mark on every 
Rose plant you purchase. 
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Guarantee 
We guarantee 
every Star Rose to 
bloom the first 
blooming period 
after purchase, 
failing which we 
will replace the 
plant or refund its 
cost. 
"ALL-AMERICA 
ROSE SELECTIONS" 
are the Roses judged best among 
many of each year's new introduc- 
tions by an association organized 
to conduct growing tests. In 18 of- 
ficial test and demonstration gar- 
dens under all climatic conditions 
throughout the U. S., new varieties 
are grown and observed for a two- 
year period. Each such test is 
made by an accredited "Test 
Garden Judge and Director," who 
compiles a "score sheet" on each 
Rose under trial. All the important 
characteristics are scored during 
the growing season by a uniform 
"point" system — color, form, fra- 
grance, size and productivity of 
bloom, sturdiness, hardiness and 
growth habit of plant, disease re- 
sistance, etc. 
The Rose Council of the AARS 
then compiles all the reports and 
makes its awards from those that 
scored the highest throughout the 
trials. Note this insignia on AARS 
Roses in this catalog. 
STAR GUIDE fo 
Go/c/en s4*?/7/vers<7ry Spr/n? /9<48 
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Feb. 1, 1948 
This letter comes to you from a leading firm of Rose Specialists. 
Among leading amateur Rose growers all across this country we are 
known for two things : 
(1) The quality of Star Roses, which are guaranteed to bloom, and 
(2) Our reliability in business. 
We work hard at our job. We aim that Star Rose customers shall 
be the best-served Rose customers in America. We strive to deserve a 
place of high standing in the opinion of purchasers. 
If you would seek a reference, ask the man who knows best. Most 
people will agree that the best-known and best-loved Rose authority 
anywhere is Dr. J. Horace McFarland, President Emeritus of the 
American Rose Society. On November 13, 1947, he wrote: 
"In view of the fact that for all of the years that have 
yet passed in this century I have been intimately ac- 
quainted with the way you grew roses, I can speak with 
some little force. 
"Let me say at once that one of the major items I take 
into account is the fact that all through these seasons, 
some of them difficult, * * * the completest rectitude in 
respect to the items offered for sale has been maintained. 
Through the countrywide correspondence which still con- 
tinues I have good reason to know how The Conard-Pyle 
Company stands before the buyers of Roses." 
We aim to offer in this National Mail-order Catalog: 
(1) 4 The Best Roses for America," i.e., varieties carefully selected 
only after extensive tests in various parts of this great country. 
(2) Plants of better than average quality. Because we are dependent 
upon weather, we are not always able to reach our very high aim. 
(3) For over 40 years we have guaranteed Star Roses and continue 
to do so (see left-hand column). So you can invest your Rose money 
with entire confidence and security. 
All who buy Roses should remember this — Roses come to you direct 
from our Rose storage cellars, where they have been kept under con- 
ditions that preserve their maximum vigor and vitality. 
Long years of experience and improved methods of handling our 
Rose plants, by people who care about what results you will get from 
them, are bound to make a difference, and help to explain how we can 
afford to make such a confident guarantee on which claims for replace- 
ment are negligible. 
The sign by which to tell a Star Rose guaranteed to bloom is our Star 
Trade-Mark made of durable celluloid, attached by a copper wire. 
With Trade-Marked, guaranteed Roses you may always count upon 
getting from Star Rose Growers full value or your money back. 
The Rose plants we send you are 2-year-old, field-grown, budded on 
understock of the wild Rose. (We prefer Multiflora Japonica.) 
Prices named include all costs of packing and prepaid delivery on 
Roses on orders received until April 10. On orders received after that 
date, purchaser pays transportation, except for Miniature Roses, which 
are prepaid at all times. Order early and save. We advise ordering as 
promptly as possible for shipment at proper planting time, as late- 
comers will find that some kinds have been sold out. During the month 
of May we will have potted Roses, probably at higher prices, for late 
planting by those who call at our nursery, but we will not be able to ship 
them this year. 
The Conard-Pyle Co. 
STAR ROSE GROWERS 
West Grove, Pa. 
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