Few patented roses are successful commercially, unless they are 
“All-America” winners. To capture this national award, a new 
variety is tested by experts in 17 gardens widely scattered the country 
over; they must show winning qualities in all climates and conditions. 
When the new rose bears the “All America” stamp, you can depend 
upon it—it’s not only good but will be good for you. 
Once again we commend the AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY, and 
the value of its annual ‘Proof of the Pudding” reports, in which many 
of our leading amateurs judge the latest creations; they provide a 
non-commercial and unbiased guide to the best new roses. Their 
national ratings and comments (ARS) are quoted frequently herein. 
If you are not an ARS member, you are missing a valuable and enter- 
taining association with 10,000 other rose enthusiasts. 
The rose varieties which follow have few faults and are selected 
carefully for their superior beauty and many virtues. We are not 
hybridists and have nothing of our own creation to endorse. Our 
aim is to offer you through these annual pages, the pick of the 
modern roses, wherever originated, without prejudice, grown the 
California way. We will try to describe them fairly. ““True some do 
better in cooler climates; some like best the inland sun; but the acid 
test of varied conditions and locations has been applied to them, and 
these we think the most worthy.” 
Qa” 
Applause. Pat. 829. Winner of the Bagatelle Gold Medal, 1948, the 
highest award in Rosedom. Grows above medium height, vigorous and well-fur- 
nished . . . its large, leathery leaves laugh at mildew. Flower is large, many petalled, 
powerfully fragrant . . . color starts dazzling light red of a unique shade, and fades 
pleasantly in later stages. Here is a rose everybody likes .. . rated 92% by the A.R.S. 
and we have yet to hear an unfavorable comment. This chap, Herb Swim really 
knows his way around roses. Once again, hearty congratulations! 2.00 
Best Regards. Patent 652. A large, handsome rose of exhibition form, on 
long stems. Color cardinal-red, further enlivened by a coppery-orange at base of 
petals inside; healthy, tall-growing and very profuse. First admired by this writer 
in a stunning bouquet brought to the Pacific Rose Society meeting by Bill Clark, 
that rose-canny and genial Scot who presides at Germaines. 1.50 
Blaze. Patent 10. From its parents, Blaze gets the vivid color and form of 
the popular Paul’s Scarlet, and has added the recurrent blooming habit of Gruss an 
Teplitz. We have yet to see any climber which fully justifies the term “‘ever- 
blooming,” but Blaze is a dependable repeater, especially in fall. Vigorous and hardy, 
with scarlet blooms, galore. 1.50 
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“Il am strongly of opinion that the possession of a quantity of plants, 
however good the plants may be and however ample the number, does 
not make a garden; it only makes a collection.” 
—GERTRUDE JEKYLL, LONDON, ENGLAND 
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