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As a service to you, our customer, we think it is our duty to 
search out the best of the new American roses as well as those 
from other lands and be absolutely sure that they are good roses 
before we offer them to you. But we even go a step further— 
we make our own. Past Armstrong introductions speak for them- 
selves but you will be the judge of those yet to come. 
The Most Talked 
of New Rose for 1952 
Helen Traubel 
All-America Winner 
When we introduced this rose last year 
(Gr we said that it was one of the finest roses 
AASRS produced in our Research Department 
since Charlotte Armstrong. After nearly 
a year of watching it in our own gardens and read- 
ing the hundreds of letters coming to us from 
pleased customers everywhere in the country, our 
opinion has not changed a bit. Named for Helen 
Traubel, the great American singer, this rose not 
only won All-America honors for 1952 but won 
the Gold Medal of Rome in competition with the 
best foreign roses in 1951. 
The color varies somewhat with the weather but 
characteristically it is a blend of warm pink and 
luminous apricot with a bright undertone which 
makes it sparkle. The magnificent buds are unus- 
ually long, slender, and graceful, and the half-open 
flowers maintain a delightful form. Even fully 
blown, the big-petaled flowers display their lovely 
color in a lavish way. Often 6 inches across, the 
open flowers maintain the rich warm color, and 
have a fine spicy fragrance. The plant is tall, bushy 
and attractive looking, and so vigorous that it is 
seldom without buds or blooms. The flowers are 
good in all weathers, warm or cool, and Helen 
Traubel seems to adapt itself to all rose growing 
areas. Originated in the Research Dept. of the 
Armstrong Nurseries by H. C. Swim. Plant Pat. 
No. 1028. $2.75 each; 3 or more, $2.40 each. 
Helen Traubel, one of 
the finest pink roses 
of all time 
