I live near York, PA and have been gardening for about 10 years. Your best bet in roses are the old once blooming gallicas. I stopped spraying fungicides last year and most of these stay fairly clean. Of the repeat bloomers, you cannot go wrong with the Rugosas, the ones with rugose (rough, ruffled type foilage).

I have two moderns that stayed clean last year. They are Lion's Rose and Floral Fairy Tale aka Sangerhausen Jubilee.

If you choose to spray fungicides, most any rose hardy to zone 6 will do well.

I hope this helps.

Barbara

There are no roses that are resistant to JBs. If levels of JBs are high in your area, everything will be a fair game for them. JBs usually prefer light colored, fragrant, tall roses, but it doesn't mean they will leave along other varieties.
Barbara gave you an excellent advise, gallicas, some species, many ramblers, rugosas, early oriental yellows (hugonis, primula, etc) are excellent choices for mid Atlantic zones 6-7. For repeat blooming roses Darlow's Enigma, rugosas, Knock Outs, Quitness, Earth Song, some others depending on the levels of BS you are willing to accept. Not that many choices, but still there are some. They will still need some water, at least once a year fertilization (can be just compost), prunning and at least 4-5 hours of sun.
Olga

Thanks Barbara, Olga. I think the BS is the main concern here. I do not like to spray and will tolerate some BS. Of course some varieties are notorious for BS. So, I am learning.
I collect JB into a soap solution in a container, by hand. I have found that the stuff they sell are more of an invitation for them. I don't have too many roses so it is OK to do it by hand. I am wondering if Milky Spore Powder will have any effect on their population.
This will be my first year with roses in a second time around. New garden: Exciting, yet long time to wait for them to get established.

Good luck with your garden. I used Milky Spore and it works in terms that my yard is free from grubs, but JBs will fly from my neigbors gardens. So you still will have the same damage to your roses. If you garden on a small suburban lot Milky Spore is not a solution.
Olga

Olga (& others). The R. kordesii roses are famous for disease resistance. From what you've heard or seen, how are they in your part of the Mid-Atlantic?

I've got a few of the Kordes roses, and I've not found them particularly disease resistant for me (Rosarium Ueterson, John Davis). Are these considered R. kordesii roses? Or is it just coincidental in the names?

Robert

Illusion and Dortmund are two Kordes roses that are relatively resistant here. Some years less then 20-30% defoliation on the first one and 50% on the second one. In other years it could be more disease. Both are red climbers w/o scent. Both can get cercospora in the fall. If there is a need for healthy red climber,I would prefer Quadra that is more healthy for me.
I also tried Floral Fairy Tale and Laguna last year. It is not fair to judge base on one year, but so far they FFT was not bad at all, ver limited disease. Laguna got a lot of cercospora and some BS.
In the past I tried many of the older Kordes roses like Iceberg, Sunsprite, Lavender Lassie, Westerland, etc. Westerland was a little better then others, but still..None of them was healthy for me. You probably will have a better luck with some of these roses, I think Harry from PA grows Westerland successfully.
Olga

I live near the Delaware River----I have found that the once-bloomers are past their bloom by the time the JBs arrive so we enjoy a nice long period of bllom----Albertine almost ate my house----
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For a smaller hardy rose----I like

Carefree beauty/Katy Rd. Pink----a Buck rose that has blooms all summer
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Are you interested in climbers??---

Compassion and Viking Queen do well for me----

Lafter and MacCartney rose --carefree sunshine and of course Knockout all do well here

good luck in your search

Florence

Hmm..Compassion & Lafter are also doing well for me (perhaps too well on Lafter - some nasty thorns). Too early to tell on MacCartney, though I have not seen problems yet, and the flower is fragrant.

I see Viking Queen in my future.

Florence: I love your Albertine. Perhaps I need to look for a couple of once bloomers. We just got too spoiled. Doesn't everything else bloom once?
Actually, I plant more climbers than bushes. I have a pergola and gate, and planning to get Monet Garden Arch which I saw last year at S&H.
Thanks everyone for the input.

Albertine is a great rose --just give her plenty of room---My DH had to climb on the roof to cut her back----
Here are a couple of close-up pictures----She does perfume the whole area and into the house-----
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close-up of COMPASSION---canes are more rigid than albertine--- wonderful fragrance and blooms most of the summer
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Good luck with your choices----Keep us posted

Florence