Rose-lovers come from far 
and near to see these 
Jackson & Perkins test- 
gardens in Newark, 
N. Y.—“Rose Capital 
of the U. S.“ Photograph 
taken June 17, 1939. 
An Invitation to Our Newark Gardens 
T HE beginning of the Rose season each year brings a pilgrimage 
of Rose-lovers to Newark, New York, for then the test and 
display gardens of Jackson & Perkins Company, which have given 
this little city the title of “Rose Capital of the United States,” are 
in full bloom. We counted our visitors in one period of two weeks 
last summer, and there were over 60,000. 
In our test-gardens you may see 20,000 Rose plants of over 3,000 
varieties in bloom, also thousands of unnamed sorts on which our 
hybridizers are at work to produce new “Roses of the future— 
introduced by Jackson & Perkins.” No new variety goes from these 
testing gardens into our commercial growing fields until it has proved 
itself under practical conditions of growth in northern New York’s 
rigorous climate and in some 40 other testing stations throughout 
the United States. 
Beyond these test-gardens spread thousands of acres with over 
two million more plants heavy with glorious Roses—the strong, 
healthy plants that are shipped to your own garden. 
Visit us next summer. Newark lies midway between Rochester 
and Syracuse on Route 31. You’ll be rewarded by the loveliest sight 
any Rose-lover ever witnessed. And you’ll see for yourself the 
painstaking care with which we grow every plant we sell. You’ll 
realize, then, why Jackson & Perkins preferred Roses are the best you 
can possibly buy, and why we can guarantee them as we do. 
