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Ernie Pyle 

HYBRID TEAS | 
Crimson Glory 


ERNIE PYLE (Left) 
(Plant Patent No. 673) 
ADJ & P. Fntroduction in 1945 
Dedicated to the memory of Ernie Pyle at the 1945 Festival of Roses, 
this glowing new flower has been generously admired by all. Re 
markable because of its profusion of warm rose-pink flowers of great 
size and unusually abundant fragrance. Bushy, vigorous in growth 
. . . developed from a rugged seedling of the wild Rose of Alaska by 
E. S. Boerner, J. & P. Director of Plant Research. Bringing the rugged 
strength of Alaska to your garden, Ernie Pyle grows with sleek vigor 
and amazing resistance. It is excellent as a cut-flower—keeps a long 
time; long strong stems. A vigorous and bushy plant; grows as high 
as 2 to 2 ft. Extravagant display of rose-pink flowers made warm 
and vibrant by a suffusion of yellow starting at the base of each 
petal. Slow-opening, long-lasting in bloom ... will be one of 
America’s most popular pink Roses. 
Bud.......ovoid; pink, opening slowly and dramatically. 
Bloom. ....large, cup-shaped, warm rose-pink suffused with clear 
yellow. Enormous. 
Fragrance. . generous and alluring. 
Height. ...2 to 24% ft., vigorous and bushy. 
History... ..a seedling from the hardy strain of the wild Rose of Alaska 
developed by E. S. Boerner. 
$1.50 each; 3 for $3.75; 12 for $15.00 
CRIMSON GLORY (Below) 
(Plant Patent No. 105) 
America’s Number One Hybrid Tea Rose 
In survey after survey, Crimson Glory has repeatedly won top honors 
as the most popular Hybrid Tea Rose in the country. So beautiful 
and at the same time so dependable, it deserves a prominent place in 
every Rose garden. Beiatibaly formed blooms of deep vivid crimson, 
held proudly erect on luxuriant, vigorous bushes. You, too, will 
vote this your favorite once you have watched its magic unfold in 
your own garden. The buds, deep red with an almost black tip, are 
urn-shaped and gradually unfold into full, high-centered blooms of 
perfect form. 
As if its color, form and vigor were not sufficient to make Crimson 
Glory the country’s most widely loved Rose, you will be further 
amazed by its completely captivating fragrance—so sweet and re- 
freshing that you just can’t get enough of it. Perhaps you already 
know that in a poll made by the American Rose Society to find out 
which were the most fragrant Roses, Crimson Glory won first place 
for this characteristic too! It was voted by far the most fragrant 
Rose of all. 
Honors. . ..one of the most popular Roses in America for many years. 
Fragrance..voted the most fragrant Rose in a poll by the American 
Rose Society. 
Form......full, high-centered, perfect. 
Buds eae dark, urn-shaped, opening slowly. 
Vigorous... .very strong grower; prolific; 30 in. 
$1.50 each; 3 for $3.75; 12 for $15.00 

