New ! 
1952 All America Award Winners 
Bcd oer" 
OF BREATHTAKING BEAUTY 
C 40 Helen Traubel (P.A.F.) This love- 
ly new 1952 AARS winner was named 
for the famous lady of American Opera. 
The buds are large and perfectly formed, 
truly magnificent. The color varies some- 
what with the weather but is always 
beautiful. In the summer it is a bright 
lively porcelain-pink. In the spring, late 
summer and fall it deepens to a luminous 
apricot-pink with a tinge of orange. The 
flowers are large, well-formed and borne singly 
on long stems with only a few thorns. Ideal for 
cutting. A vigorous, healthy grower that pro- 
duces its flowers freely from June until frost. 
You certainly will want to.add to your garden 
this great rose created by the genius, Herb z a Pits ae ; 
Swim. It had to be exceptional to win a 1952 Each $2.75, 3 for $7.20, 6 for $14.40 2-Year No. 1 Plants Postpaid 
AARS Award. If you want Extra Large Specimen Plants, add 25c per plant. 
C 194 Vogue (P. P. 926) This grand - 
Floribunda isa 1952 AARS Award win- Inawbel- 1h cay Special 1952 AARS SPECIAL 
ner. It is pictured and described on the 
front cover. POSTPAID. 2 Helen Traubel) C 82 1 Fred Howard ) CC 83 
Each $2.25, 3 for $6.00, 12 for $24.00 2 Fred Howard } Ali 4 for $9.60, 1 Helen Traubet | au 3 for $6.80 
2-year No. 1 Plants 2-Year No. 1 Plants Postpaid 1 Vogue 2-Year No. 1 
Add25c per plant for Extra Large Specimen Plants. CC 82A All 4 for $10.60 Plants Postpaid 
___ Extra Large Specimen Plants Postpaid CC 83A All 3 for $7.50 
>... of Extra Large Specimen Plants Postpaid 
4 a C39 Fred Howard (P.P. 1006) One of the 
last creations of the late famous rosarian 
whose name it bears. This rose performed so 
outstandingly in the AARS trial gardens from 
coast to coast, that it won a coveted AARS 
award for 1952. The large, shapely buds open 
into fully double, attractive flow- 
a ers often 4 inches or more across. 
. Thecolor isa rich buff-yellow with 
a delicate blending of orange and 
ae pink. Keeps its color unusually 
. —. - well even right through the hot- 
_ test summer weather. The flowers 
come singly on long strong stems 
especially fine for cutting. Ex- 
tremely vigorous plant with glossy 
deep green foliage. Blooms freely 
all season and especially well in 
the fall. They area gorgeous sight. 
‘% Perfect buds and huge open flow- 
ers, almost of gold, on healthy 
plants standing over 3 feet tall. 
Wem Worthy of the name it bears and 
‘ a place of honor in your garden. 
Each $2.75, 3 for $7.20, 
6 for $14.40 
2-Year No. 1 Plants, Postpaid 
If you want Extra Large Speci- 
men Plants, add 25c per plant. 
The AARS (All America Rose Selections) was 
founded in 1938 for the sole purpose of pro- 
moting better roses. To win an AARS Award, 
the highest honor a rose can attain, it must 
pass strict standards in official test gardens 
located in all sections of the United States, for 
two years before introduction. 
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