American Rose Society Annual, 1984. [Vol.69][The Lowly Earthworm; Rose Cane Cankers; Breeding for Unusual Colors; Thornless Roses; Blackspot; Spent Blooming; Canadian Explorer Roses; Witches' Broom of Rose; Old Garden Roses; Tissue Culture]

Shreveport, LA : The American Rose Society, 1984., 1984. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 221 pp. ; ISSN: 1079-6495 and ISSN: 0066-0000 ; LC: SB411; Dewey: 635.9/33372; NAL: 81 ; stiff, blue textured paper wrappers with gold lettering ; a series of articles on rose growing and culture, accompanied by several photographs, both in color and black and white ; Contents: President's Message / Vincent Gioia - The Lowly Earthworm / Marge Rehder - The Evolution of a Rose Nut / Don Marshall - Rose Cane Cankers / Dr. Margaret Balbach and Dr. Malcom C. Shurtleff - The Impossible Dream / Dale E. Martin - Breeding for Unusual Colors / Paul E. Jerabeck - Breeding Thornless Roses / K J Nobbs - Research Battles Blackspot in Roses / Rosalyne B Dobbs - Ashes to Ashes: Roses to Roses / Fred Edmunds - My Unorthodox Approach to Growing Show-winning Roses / A T "Buddy" Harrelson - Spent Blooming / Jeane H Rein - Canadian Explorer Roses / Felicitas Svejda - Witches' Broom of Rose : A New Outbreak in Several of the Central States / F J Crowe - On Judging the Old Garden Roses / Lily Shohan - Tissue Culture of the Rose / Robert M. Skirvin, Mel Chu, John C. "Jack" Walter - Don't be Shy - Be an Exhibitor / Louise Coleman -- Growing Roses in Containers / Ronald G. Schwerdt -- District Director's Symposium 1984 / Compiled by Dr. William E McMahon -- Making Use of Soil and Leaf Analysis on Roses. R.B Peters and JR. Knauss -- Rose Plant Physiology / Thomas Cairns. Ph D. -- A Correlation Analysis of the Results from the Pacific Southwest District / Thomas Cairns -- New Roses of the World -- Proof of the Pudding / Muriel Humenick, Coordinator -- Top Exhibition Roses in the United States / Golden Triangle Rose Society -- Awards of Excellence -- ARS Trial Ground Winners -- All America Rose Selections -- Gold Certificates -- Gold Honor Medals -- ARS Officers -- Former Presidents -- Color Classifications -- Index - Illustrations: Initial infection lesions of brown canker -- Close-lip of brown canker -- Stem or Common Canker -- Older stem cankers -- Brand canker of Roses -- Unregistered seedling of Tausendschon Thorn-free Glory -- Royal Flush, a seed parent for thorn-free progeny -- Close-up of blackspot -- Spotless Pink, Spotless Gold,and Spotless Yellow -- Persian Yellow -- CIoseup of Carefree Beauty -- Carefree Beauty in the landscape -- Dale Latuer, Supervisor, ARS Gardens -- ARS Gardens in Shreveport - Explorer Rose Martin Frobisher -- Explorer Rose Henry Hudson -- Explorer Rose Jens Munk -- Explorer Rose David Thompson -- Roses Chinese Albanel and John Cabot -- Rose William Baffin -- Roses John Franklin and Champlain -- Rose in tissue culture medium -- Container grown roses on a fence -- Miniatures in containers on the patio -- Cold frames for winter protecting -- Roses in spring after protection removed -- Growing roses under lights -- Various deficiencies of the rose -- Available iron for the rose -- Iron deficiency of the rose -- Color plates -- Showbiz -- Rainbow's End and Julie Ann -- Princess Grace of Monaco -- Rose in tissue culture medium -- Dolly Parton -- Why Not and Millie Walters -- Grand Masterpiece and Sunbright ; VG.