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Title: Armstrong Nurseries
Identifier: armstrongnurser1952arms_0 (find matches)
Year: 1952 (1950s)
Authors: Armstrong Nurseries (Ontario, Calif. ); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) California Catalogs; Nursery stock California Catalogs; Flowers California Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental California Catalogs
Publisher: Ontario, Calif. : Armstrong Nurseries
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Armstrong Kose Creations We are not content to just search out the best new roses from other parts of the country and from other lands—we make our own! Skilled plant breeders hybridizing and selecting day after day are working here at Ontario to produce more beautiful new roses than the world has yet seen. And we're succeeding, too. We are proud of the fact that more Armstrong roses have been named All-America Winners than those of any other hybridizer in the world. Almost every rose garden in the country now has Armstrong rose varieties as its outstanding performers. Brand New for '52 The latest proof of Armstrong success in leading the world in the finest of new roses lies in the two great new varieties, Helen Traubel and Chief Seattle. We think that Helen Traubel, with all its fine qualities and delightful color, may be our finest introduction since Charlotte Armstrong (indeed, Charlotte Armstrong is one of its parents). Chief Seattle, illustrated on this page, is a close second to Helen Traubel, and while not as consistent as that variety in its production of perfect blooms, it has many unusual qualities. The crosses for these two new roses were actually made ten years ago. It takes that long to grow the seed, bring the seedlings into bloom, observe them, test them, enter them in nationwide competition, and finally to grow the plants for your garden. But it's worth it when we can get two fine kinds like Helen Traubel and Chief Seattle. Chief Seattle Here is a beautiful and unusual rose. A new Arm- strong introduction, offered this year for the first time, it carries a rich shade of buff apricot. It does become paler at times and the color is not quite as uniform as shown in the illustration, since the face of the petal is always lighter than the reverse side. The flower is above average in size, is many-petaled and high-centered (45-60 petals), opens very slowly on the bush, and lasts for a long time. In the bud the many petals are ruffled, giving it a delightfully graceful and dainty appearance, and it has a rich tea fragrance to enhance its rich coloring. It is one of those roses which is good-looking both in the bud and the open flower. The plant of Chief Seattle is extremely vigorous, with great quantities of luxuriant olive green foliage. The stems are remark- ably long and straight and never have more than one bud to the stem. These qualities make it one of the finest roses for cutting that we have ever seen. The plant is large and bushy, with a compact shape which looks well in the garden. The Seattle Rose Society and the park officials of the City of Portland selected this new rose as the one which they wished to name "Chief Seattle" in honor of the Indian Chief who founded Seattle 100 years ago. It has been widely planted in Seattle parks and is the official rose of the Centennial Celebration of the City of Seattle, to be observed in the year 1952. In California this rose is so full and many-petaled that it does not always open up perfectly in the first spring bloom, if the weather is cool and damp. Later on in the summer, and always in the fall, it produces magnificent flowers in California. Originated by Herbert C. Swim at the Armstrong Nurseries. Plant Pat. No. 1030. $2.50 each; 3 or more, $2.20 each. The '52 Collection The two great new Armstrong rose introduc- tions for 1952, Helen Traubel and Chief Seattle —one plant of each for $A60 Shipped postpaid at proper planting time. (Add 3% sales tax on California shipments.) The New Rose Chief Seattle Shown at right
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