is pushed — tied in with the over-all pro- 
gram of the association. 
4. Public relations of all kinds with 
schools, farm bureaus, granges, garden 
clubs and newspapers are actively culti- 
vated. 
5. Non-members are not or at least 
should not be high-pressured into the lo- 
cal organizations. Yet, an impression is 
or should be conveyed to them that mem- 
bership carries prestige and_ profit. 
6. Dues in the home organization are 
or should be set not at a minimum de- 
signed to attract a large membership, but 
so set and adjusted as to maintain an ef- 
fective program of local activities plus 
a reasonable reserve. 
Let’s not kid ourselves. To maintain 
the position of our nursery business, in 
a local, state or nation-wide way, Wwe 
must be as well organized as other in- 
dustries. We have an advantage in that 
we sell the most beautiful things in all 
the world. Let’s not drag along on that 
advantage, but make the most of it by 
effective organization. And I don’t mean 
“we, nurserymen, in any vague sort of 
way — I mean you and I. — Florists Ex- 
change and Horticultural Trade World. 
THE BEST ROSES 
When you buy new roses, select those 
which have high national ratings accord- 
ing to American Rose Society standards. 
The following lists give the 1951 highest 
rated roses of the newer varieties which 
have been in commerce less than five 
years: 
Hysrip TEAS 
Tallvho (Light Red or Deep Pink) 8.6 
Rubaiyat (Light Red or Deep Pink) 8.4 
Curve Pink “iMeditini Pink) ee 8.4 
Rose of Freedom (Medium Red) 8.4 
Nochirmier Darks Red) (see ee 8.2 
New Yorker (Medium Red) _...........7.9 
San Gabriel Pink Blend 72222 & Vike: 
Applause (Light Red or Deep Pink) 7.7 
Mission Bells (Pink Blend) ____..._. Tig. 
Sutter's Gold (Yellow Blend) __......7.7 
FLORIBUNDAS 
Freushany Rec) ee. 
Fashions (toral Peach)’ See eS, 7 
Red Pinocchio (Red) ost: Hat ahi t 
Glorious (Light Red) 2550) 
Crimson Rosette (Red) - 2 ATeQ 
Alain (Red) J, eRe eey SF 
Pinkie+( Pink) 244 7.8 
Chatter” (Red) 22225 Sa Seo ee 
Hill's Hilly billy 0 Pink) eee eee 
Masquerade (Red Blend) - aga 
The national ratings are established 
from the reports and individual comments 
sent in by members of the American Rose 
Society. These persons are experienced 
amateur rose enthusiasts who test the new 
varieties as soon as they are introduced 
and report their finds to the Society head- 
quarters at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 
There are hundreds of reporters scattered 
over the United States and Canada. 
The highest rating any rose can_at- 
tain is 10 which would mean it was 
perfect. No rose has yet been rated per- 
fect. A rating of 9.0 to 10 represents an 
outstanding variety; between 8.0 and 8.9 
excellent; between 7.0 and 7.9 good; be- 
tween 6. () and 6.9 fair or average and be- 
low 6 poor or of questionable value. 
The national ratings of the leading older 
varieties are as follows: 
Crimson) Glory (DarksRed ) === 9.5 
Peace (Yellow Blend)> 2332) Saas 9.4 
Charlotte Armstrong (Light Red 
or, Deeng Rinks) iyeee eee 9.0 
Mme. Henri Guillot (Red Blend _______.. 8.9 
Christopher Stone (Medium Red) 8.8 
Daintys Bess) ( Lachte Pink) eae 8.7 
Eclipse (Medium Yellow) 8.5 
Poinsettia (Medium Red) __........__. 8.4 
Good News (Pink Blend) 8.4 
Bictires (L1obCs Pink, geese 8.4 
* se % 
The: Fairy( Pink) aeons eee 9.3 
Rosenelfe* (Pink) feestes | aaa eee 8.9 
Betty Prior( Carmine: Pink ieee 8.8 
ElsesPoulsen (RosesPink === 8.7 
DonaldPrior: (Scarlet ) see 8.6 
Mis» [os2 Heiss"(. Pink) "=== eee 8.4 
Hloradoram( Scarlet) === eee BS 12 
Dagmar Spath®( White): ae eee 8.2 
World's = Fair® (Grimson) oe 3.2 
Permanent Wave (Carmine) ___-..__- onl 
SCHEDULED TRADE EVENTS 
May 13, Mother’s Day. 
May 20-22, Annual Convention Florida 
State Florists Assn., 
July 16-19, 
Nurserymen, 
Tampa. 
American Association of 
New Orleans. 
