KROH BROS. NURSERIES 
1953 ROSE OFFERINGS 
Roses in all their beauty and fragrance can be enjoyed in almost any garden. 
Hor best 
success with Everblooming Roses, good fertile soil, several hours daily sunshine, and good 
thrifty planting stock are required. 
Our list of roses represents a very careful selection in all colors from a great number of 
varieties. 
You will find choice new creations of recent years as well as some of the old 
favorites that cannot be replaced because of their lasting merits. 
EVERBLOOMING ROSES 
Finest Western 2 year Top Size Field Grown 
Bushes. Price: Each $1.35; ten for $12.50. 
YELLOW SHADES 
Golden Rapture. Long lasting well-shaped buds 
and double blooms of rich yellow on long stems. 
Joanna Hill. The buds are large, long pointed and 
open to large full, semi-double attractive flowers 
of soft yellow with darker center. 
MeGredy’s Yellow. Bright buttercup yellow flow- 
ers of good form and substance. Glossy bronzy 
green leaves, reddish stems. 
Mrs. Pierre S. DuPont. Medium sized long-pointed 
bud of a reddish gold opening to semi-double 
cupped lasting flower of deep golden yellow. 
Soeur Therese. Long pointed buds of Chrome- 
yellow, heavily marked with carmine; open flower 
of rich daffodil-yellow. Sweet briar fragrance. 
Souvenir de Claudius Pernet. Blossoms are clear 
sun flower yellow with long buds. Thrifty grower. 
Yellow Sastago. A sport of the vigorous Condesa 
de Sastago. Has suffusion of orange with yellow 
background on buds and opening flowers, chang- 
ing to more clear yellow upon blooming. 
PINK SHADES 
Betty Uprichard. Center petals a rich salmon pink 
to carmine; outer petals are carmine with coppery 
shadings suffused orange. 
Dame Edith Helen. One of the largest and most 
perfectly formed pink roses grown; glowing clear 
pink color on strong stems. 
Editor McFarland. Fine shapely buds opening to 
double balanced flower; color is solid deep brilliant 
pink; blossoms freely. 
Miss Rowena Thom. Very large buds and blooms 
of bright pink shaded with old gold at the center, 
borne on long, strong stems. 
Picture. A picture both in form and color. Beauti- 
ful buds open into medium size pink blossoms with 
warm salmon undertone. 
Pink Dawn. Deep rose pink lightly toned with 
salmon-rose. Perfectly formed buds and bloom. 
Pink Radiance, This is a fine all-around garden 
rose of brilliant rose-pink; vigorous and prolific; 
consistent performer. 
The Doctor. Large beautiful buds expand to enor- 
mous blooms of exquisite silvery pink, with in- 
tense rose fragrance. 
WHITE SHADES 
Caledonia. Long buds of ivory change to purest 
white, flowers open into large double blooms. 
K. A. Victoria. A popular fragrant white. Bears 
many large creamy white, perfect blooms. 
MeGredy’s Ivory. Fine creamy white fragrant 
rose that has deep petals of good substance. 
Pointed buds open to large double blooms. 
Not a mammoth rose, but 
ideal in form of bud and flowers. A slight flush 
of pink shows in center of opening buds, the 
flower maturing to pure white. Fragrant. 
Mme. Jules Bouche. 
Snowbird. Exquisite, small to medium, long, flar- 
ing white buds open into snowy, many-petaled 
high-center blooms. 
BICOLOR AND BLENDED SHADES 
Condesa de Sastago. A new variety with rare 
attractive color. Bears quantities of double flow- 
ers; petals are distinctly two-toned, deep coppery 
pink on inside and golden yellow outside. Vig- 
orous, bushy. 
Countess Vandal. Very long and graceful buds 
opening slowly to beautiful high centered flowers 
of coppery bronze and pink suffused with gold 
and salmon. 
Duquesa de Penaranda. Beautiful blend of apri- 
cot-orange and dark pink, opening to splendid 
blooms of coppery apricot. 
Edith Nellie Perkins. Buds long and pointed, out- 
side of petals cream and blush shaded with orange, 
inside salmon-pink, golden orange base. 
Mme. Joseph Perraud. High-centered, perfectly 
formed buds and double blooms that shade from 
shell-pink at the edges to buff and orange in the 
center, with long stemmed blooms. 
Pres. Herbert Hoover. Fragrant flowers. Very 
charming combination of cerise-pink, flame, scar- 
let and yellow with pink shade dominant. 
Talisman. Brilliant red and gold buds, opening to 
well shaped blooms of glowing yellow stained 
copper-red and orange-rose on 
RED SHADES 
American Beauty. Flowers are large and full, deep 
pink shaded soft carmine. Although not as profuse 
throughout the season as other roses in the ever- 
blooming class, it is more vigorous. 
inside petals. 
Ami Quinard. Blackish crimson buds, semi-double 
of dark mareon-red. A popular “‘black’”’ rose. 
Christopher Stone. Brilliant sparkling scarlet- 
crimson. Shapely long pointed buds open into 
large attractive flowers with true old damask rose 
fragrance. 
K. G. Hill. One of the finest red roses. Long buds, 
high-centered full double flowers; dazzling scarlet 
maturing to deeper pure red. 
Etoile de Holland. Brilliant red blooms of mag- 
nificent size, perfect in half-open state, showing 
clean, attractive centers when open; fragrant. 
Grenoble. Always an attraction in our display 
garden. Plant is vigorous and blooms come on 
long stems. Buds are crimson but double, open 
flower is brilliant red, almost scarlet. 
Hadley. Large, 
deep rich crimson. 
double, well formed flowers of 
Vigorous grower. 
MeGredy’s Scarlet. Brilliant scarlet blooms shad- 
ing to orange-yellow at base of petals; long pointed 
buds. 
Poinsettia. One of the most brilliant shades in red 
roses, referred to as Poinsettia-scarlet in color. 
Has long pointed buds, nicely petaled. 
Red Radiance. This is the bright rosy-red form of 
Pink Radiance. Very popular. 
Rogue Mallerin. Exceptionally fine deep red rose 
of the most intense coloring with the texture and 
luster of velvet. Holds its color exceptionally well. 
Fragrant. 
PATENTED 
EVERBLOOMING ROSES 
All varieties listed below are the Hybrid Tea ever- 
blooming bush roses, Each is offered here for its 
individual distinction; the majority of these have 
received American Rose Society Awards. (AARS.) 
Capistrano (Pat.) AARS. Rich shade of deep glow- 
ing rose pink both in bud and open flower with 
practically no fading through life of flower. Large 
buds and blooms and strong stems. Rich heavy 
lasting fragrance. Ea. $2.25. 
Charlotte Armstrong (Pat.) AARS. Long slender 
blood-red bulbs open to magnificently brilliant 
spectrum red to cerise flowers that attract atten- 
tion in any rose planting. Ea. $2.00. 
Chrysler Imperial (Pat.) 1953 AARS Winner. 
Long buds, large high-centered flowers of 
crimson red. Excellent plant 
Ea. $3.00. 
and foliage. 
Crimson Glory (Pat.) Consistently tops among red 
patented roses. Large urn-sShaped buds open to 
fragrant flowers of intense, deep vivid crimson 
shaded with deeper red, and mellowed with soft 
velvety nap. Ea. $1.75. 
Kelipse (Pat.) Bud long-pointed, deep gold. Flow- 
ers yellow. Foliage leathery. Vigorous. Ea. $1.75. 
Forty-Niner (Pat.) AARS. Brilliantly hued bicolor; 
colors contrast brilliantly, yet combine beautifully. 
Inside of petals are vivid Orient-red, while outside 
is Chrome-yellow changing to softer yellow. Long 
buds. Ea. $2.25. 
CHRYSLER IMPERIAL (P.A.F.) 
1952 AARS 
Winner, A 
yellow rose with about 4-inch blooms when fully 
open and is well filled with 50 or more petals. The 
Fred Howard (Pat. 1006) 
ovid buds are golden-yellow tinted light red, as 
they open they become rich buff-yellow with pink- 
ish shading. Slightly fragrant. Ea. $2.50. 
Long unfurling petals of 
red, holding color 
Exceptionally fra- 
Ea. $1.75. 
Heart’s Desire (Pat.) 
pure even shade of luminous 
and shape remarkably well. 
grant; plants vigorous and prolific. 
Helen Traubel (Pat. 1028) 1952 AARS Winner. 
The color varies somewhat with the weather, 
from a light sparkling pink to luminous apricot. 
Its unusual large, long slender buds are magnifi- 
cent, opening into a 4 to 5 inch pleasingly fragrant 
blossom. Vigorous, robust plant. Ea. $2.75. 
Katherine T. Marshall (Pat.) Irresistible large open 
upright blooms of warm glowing pink, perfect in 
form, long stems. Vigorous. Ea. $1.75. 
Lowell Thomas (Pat.) AARS. Large long pointed 
buds open to large double high-centered lasting 
blooms of clear canary yellow. Ea. $2.00. 
Mirandy (Pat.) Strong plant producing deep ma- 
roon red blooms with deeper shading; long pointed 
ovid buds. Beautiful in form and long lasting. 
Sweetly fragrant. Ha. $2.60. 
Mission Bells (Pat.) AARS. Deep glowing salmon 
opening to clear shrimp pink color. Pointed buds 
open to high-centered very large beautiful blooms. 
Vigorous grower, good foliage. Ka. $2.25. 
New Yorker (Pat.) Buds slowly open into very 
large flowers of lasting brilliant red shade com- 
posed of scarlet with rose red undertones overlaid 
with rich velvety sheen. Ea. $2.00. 
Nocturne (Pat.) AARS. Bright cardinal red with 
shadings of crimson. Large petals have good sub- 
stance and rich texture. Pleasantly fragrant. 
Ea. $2.00. 
Peace (Pat.) A masterpiece, winning the highest 
score ever given a new rose in the 1946 All Ameri- 
can Rose Award! Greatest charm is in changing 
panorama of color. Large ovid buds are rich gold, 
edged cerice; as outer petals unfold, the gold 
changes to canary to pale gold and iridescent 
cream; cerise edge deepens and becomes broader 
as flower slowly opens to glorious 5-inch blooms. 
Everyone should grow this. Ea, $2.50. 
Rubaiyat (Pat.) AARS. Vigorous free blooming 
plant produces abundance of long buds on strong 
upright stems, slowly opening into large blooms 
of rose-red to crimson color accentuated by slightly 
lighter shade on reverse of petals. Ea. $1.75. 
San Fernando (Pat.) AARS. Large, long pointed 
buds open to magnificent high-centered flowers 
of glowing currant-red, changing to bright glow- 
ing searlet. Pronounced fragrance. Ea. $1.75. 
Show Girl (Pat.) Rich deep Phlox-pink blooms on 
freelly branching, upright plants. Beautiful long 
pink buds for cutting. Ea. $1.75. 
Sutters Gold (Pat.) AARS 1950. Beautiful long 
pointed yellow buds, richly shaded with orange 
and red. Rich tea fragrance not found in any other 
yellow rose. Ea. $2.25. 
Taffeta (Pat.) AARS. Rich carmine rose in the 
bud, changing to Begonia-rose in open flower; re- 
verse of petals yellow. Good sized buds perfectly 
formed. Ha. $1.75. 
