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ardy Roses 
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rown in our nursery fields 
.. at Red Wing. 
of roses. Blooms all 
_ GROOTENDORST — Bright 
ROSES — | 
New Patented 
Roses 
AMERICAN FLAGSHIP 
$1.50 
Attractive urn-shaped buds open to 
high-centered, well-formed double 
flowers of velvet-textured crimson 
red, deeply shaded with rich ox- 
blood tones. Holds color in sun, 
does not blue, free bloomer, attrac- 
tive foliage, black-spot resistant. 
MIRANDY 
$2.00 each 
First place winner of all-America 
rose competition for 1945. A strong 
free-branching plant producing 
large, long pointed ovoid buds of 
rich dark red with black shadings, 
opening to chrysanthemum red. The 
long-lasting flower of 50 petals dis- 
plays new beauties of form and is 
marvelously fragrant. 
RUBAIYAT 
$2.00 each 
Tall, free blooming plant produces 
an abundance of long, pointed, at- 
tractive buds on strong upright 
stems that slowly open into a very 
large bloom of rose-red to crimson 
color in the heart of the half-open 
flower, accentuated by the reverse 
of the vetals. which are several 
shades lighter. A.A.R.S. award for 
1947. 
