Armstrong 
Winners 
Four Armstrong Roses 
Win Awards 
Four new roses created by Armstrong Rose Hybridists were named 
All-America Selections for 1948. Such a sweep of honors in this 
most important of national rose trials has never been duplicated. 
The varieties described on these two pages are the Armstrong AARS 
Winners for 1948. 
tic appeal than any rose that we grow. It is a new and en- 
AAXRS tirely different Floribunda type. The bushy little plants, 15 
to 20 inches high, carry throughout the entire blooming 
season—spring, summer, and fall—a great. profusion of little slender 
pink buds with a perfection of form never seen in Floribundas be- 
fore. The buds open to fully double flowers about 2 inches across. 
The light green glossy foliage forms a perfect background for the 
large rounded clusters of spicily fragrant little blooms. 
(@Q Pinkie has more downright charm, dainty beauty, and artis- 
Because Pinkie stays low and compact and because it is such a mass 
of soft pink color nearly all the time; it is perfectly adapted for use 
as a low border or rose hedge. Planted singly or in groups of several 
in the foreground of a shrub planting, Pinkie is just as effective 
because of its continual mass of bloom. Seldom will there be a 
day when you cannot cut sprays of the perfect little pink buds for 
that tiny bud vase or for larger arrangements. Originated in the 
Armstrong Research Department by H. fa Swim. Plant Pat. No. 712. 
$1.50 each; 3 or more, $1.25 each; 25 or more, $1.15 each. 
Pinkie #: 
My “i High Noon 
; / \ All of the concentrated brilliance of sunshine at midday is 
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captured in the lovely buds of this extraordinary new climb- 
AAXRS ing or pillar rose. The intense shade of clear shining yel- 
wis low displayed in the medium-sized, well-shaped buds cannot 
be found in any other rose in the market today. It is not a rampant 
climber but is better described as a bushy 8-foot pillar rose. It 
should be grown against a post, pillar, wall, or arbor to best display 
its beauty. Clothed with light green, glossy, mildew-proof foliage, 
it is fast growing and bushy, producing its many buds on long, 
almost thornless stems. Every brilliant little yellow bud is perfect 
for bud vase or buttonhole. ‘The color is only one of the extraor- 
dinarily fine features of High Noon. In the spring High Noon 
becomes a gorgeous mass of brilliant bloom. But it does not stop 
there. It continues to produce additional bursts of bloom through- 
out the entire growing season. No other climbing rose will do this, 
and it is going to be one of the most popular climbers ever intro- 
duced for mild climates. High Noon was the Winner of a 1948 
Regional All-America Award for the Pacific Coast and Southern 
States. It will probably not go through the winter in cold northern 
climates. Originated in the Armstrong Research Dept. by W. E. 
Lammerts. Plant Pat. No. 704. $2.00 each; 3 or more, $1.70 each. 
Spring Planting is Best 
Most of the rose experts in this country, those who really know 
roses, agree that generally better results are obtained from spring 
planting. Every day letters reach us from pleased customers who 
have realized for the first time the great. advantages of planting 
their roses in the spring rather than in the fall. Why worry eiges 
providing winter protection for new plants when you can ‘achieve 
better results by planting these big husky California Roses in the 
spring. They are extra heavy because they have been growing vig- 
orously for 3 months longer than roses offered for fall planting. 
short time after you set them out they will burst into glorious 
fragrant bloom. ‘The following winter the problem of protection 
becomes much simpler because the plants are fully established. 
Bare root Armstrong Rose plants are available for planting from 
January | to May 15. We have cold storage facilities enabling us 
to keep roses in perfect condition for shipment to colder climates 
during April or May. 
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