Fiesta. Patent 389. Though our supply is too small until the following 
season, to warrant the catalogue space required, we cannot resist defending an old 
favorit against such epithets as “vulgar, barber-pole, circus rose” etc. and the bad 
rating of 45%, by the A.R.S. We challenge any of said critics to pass Fiesta in 
anybody’s garden without notice—for its gay vermilion petals, striped yellow, always 
shout a happy greeeting. To those who complain about too little growth—stop 
reaching for long stems when cutting bouquets—this is no Charlotte Armstrong or 
Texas Centennial; let it grow! Still the cheeriest, brightest and best named novelty 
in Rosedom, and a mighty good plant, when gently treated. 1.50 
Fred Edmunds. Patent pending. This great rose was created by the famous 
French hybridist, Meilland, introduced here in 1943. Rated by the members of the 
American Rose Society, among the best ten roses. Luxuriant, bushy, rather open 
grower, to three feet. Its twenty petalled blooms are deep coppery-orange and hold 
their color to the end. Highly recommended. 2.00 
Golden Dawn. For several years, this beautiful yellow has been judged first 
rose in America by the national membership of the A.R.S., rating 92.6% favorable 
reports last year. Lest this still leaves you cold, it was granted a First Class Trial 
Ground Certificate, by the National Rose Society of England, who call it, “one of 
the very best varieties of recent years.” We can think of nothing to say against it; 
this rose has everything! 1.50 
Golden Dawn. Climbing. Patent 243. Produces steadily throughout the 
season, well-formed, fragrant blooms, of 35-45 petals—‘“sunfiower yellow, flushed 
old rose.”” Unquestionably tops, among the modern yellow climbers. 1.50 
Good News. Patent 426. Another from the French expert, Meilland in 
1940. Rated eleventh—80%, by the A.R.S. last year. Its ancestry includes Radi- 
ance, Souy. de Claudius Pernet, Joanna Hill and Comtesse Vandal, famous roses all. 
Bloom is large, double, globular, on strong stems; color varies with climate and 
location, but silvery pink and copper tones predominate. “Just about fool proof,” 
says a man who knows, and “just about the prettiest rose in anybody’s garden,” 
say we. 1.75 
Grande Duchesse Charlotte. Patent pending. An All-America award 
winner in 1942. If we were asked to name the most distinguished of the many 
modern beauties, our choice would be the Grande Duchesse. Tall and straight, she 
looks down graciously at her lesser companions, yet with a certain regal aloofness, 
as befits her station. Her blooms are of such indescribable tones, the experts have 
pawed over the color-charts, with widely different results—one says, ‘tomato red, 
shaded geranium-red.” Another, “rich claret opening to lovely begonia-rose.” Still 
_ another, “glowing morocco-red, opening to dusky coral-red, merging to soft coral- 
pink.” Shall we try our luck, also? No—we could only add the tone ‘‘chestnut,” 
for this describes best to us, the deeper richer coloring. We are chagrined to finish a 
glowing rose portrait, with such commonplace words as “Supply limited until spring 
1948.” 1.50 
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