THE DISCOVERY 
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World's First Recorded Hybrid Tea Rose 
Without a Thorn! 
For centuries it has been every Floriculturist's dream to grow 
a hybrid tea rose without a thorn. Now this dream has come true 
and every flower lover can grow this wonderful Rose in their 
garden. It was in 1937 when Nicholas Grillo, Floriculturist, Méill- 
dale, discovered this off-spring (so called a Sport by Floricul- 
turists) of the ''Better Times'' rose. In 1938 while only about a 
dozen plants were under experiment in Grillo's greenhouse at 
Milldale, a newspaper reporter from the Southington News vis- 
ited the greenhouses and noticed this new rose along with other 
new roses under experiment. Mr. Grillo did not wish to make 
any public release at that time until he had a larger quantity of 
bushes growing, but it was such sensational news for this reporter 
that without Mr. Grillo's releasing the news it came to the atten- 
tion of the Associated Press, International news service and the 
Radio Broadcasting services. The release of this news by the re- 
porter to these services surprised Mr. Grillo with front page pub- 
licity and coast to coast radio broadcasts of this amazing de- 
velopment in the world of Floriculture. Right after this many 
newspaper and magazine representatives with their photographers 
and writers crowded Mr. Grillo for details concerning the discov- 
ery of the rose without a thorn, and from these releases the 
“THORNLESS BEAUTY" appeared in all the newspapers and maga- 
zines throughout the world. Unfortunately when this rose reached 
the stage of large production where it could be disseminated 
throughout the world, World War II broke out. Then due to the 
shortage of skilled labor and material to produce enough stock 
for all flower lovers, no large quantities were disseminated. Since 
the end of the war, production of large quantities has been done 
and this year Mr. Grillo can offer this Beautiful Rose without a 
thorn. The ''THORNLESS BEAUTY" rose offers exceptional beauty, 
luxurious petalage, a fine rich red color, also as its name indi- 
cates, the unique fact of no thorns that all flower lovers dreamed 
of in a rose. This rose has proven an excellent garden variety 
and it should have a place in the heart of every rose bed. 
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A DREAM THA 
