ALL-AMERICAN ROSE SELECTIONS “AARS” 1949 TO 2007 THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL ARS PUBLICATION 1) Exhibition name. 2) Petalage: single 4-8; semi-dbl 9-16; double 17-25; full 26-40; very full 41+ petals. 3) Bloom size when open. 4) Latest National garden & exhibiting ratings: 9.3-10 one of the best; 8.8-9.2 outstanding; 8.3-8.7 excellent; 7.8-8.2 very good; 7.3-7.7 good; 6.8-7.2 average; 6.1-6.7 below average; 0.0-6.0 not recommended. 5) Color classification. 6) Year rose received “AARS” award. All roses listed are in commerce in North America By: Ronald Schwerdt June 2006 GR---ABOUT FACE--------26/40----------------------------------OB---2005 S-----ALL THAT JAZZ---9/16----4.5”--------------7.4 (6.9)----OP---1992 FL---AMBER QUEEN---17/25-----------------------7.1 (6.6)---AB---1988 LCL--AMERICA---43---3.5-4.5”--------------------8.3 (7.5)----OP---1976 HT---AMERICAN HERITAGE---17/25---5”------------6.2----YB---1966 FL---ANGEL FACE---25/30---3.5-4”---------------------7.7-----M---1969 HT---APOLLO---17/25---5+”-----------------------------4.7----MY---1972 F-----APRICOT NECTAR---17/25---4-4.5”---------------8.0---AB---1966 HT---APRICOT QUEEN---45---5+”-----------------------6.4---AB---1941 GR---AQUARIUS---17/25---3.5-5”------------------------7.7----PB---1971 GR---ARIZONA---25/30---3.5-5”-------------------7.5 (6.0)----OB---1975 HT---ARTISTRY---30/35---4.5”---------------------7.9 (7.3)----OP---1997 FL---BAHIA---17/25---1.5-2.75”---------------------------7.2---OB---1974 FL---BETTY BOOP------4/8---4”--------------------8.0 (7.4)----RB---1999 HT---BEWITCHED-------17/25-------5”------------------7.7----MP---1967 HT---BING CROSBY---45---5”---------------------5.6 (6.5)----OB---1981 FL---BON-BON---9/16---2.75+”--------------------------7.5-----PB---1974 S-----BONICA ---17/25---1.5-2.75”----------------8.4 (6.9)-----MP---1987 HT---BRANDY---17/25---5”------------------------7.4 (7.1)-----AB---1982 FL---BRASS BAND---17/25---3-3.5”--------------7.9 (7.4)----AB---1995 HT---BRIGADOON---41+-----5+”-----------------7.8 (6.9)-----PB---1992 HT---BROADWAY------17/25---3.5-5”-----------7.0 (6.7)----YB---1986 HT---CALIFORNIA---17/25---5-6”-----------------------6.5----OB---1941 GR---CAMELOT---17/25--3.5-4”------------------------7.6------OP---1965 GR---CANDELABRA---17/25---4”----------------7.6 (6.7)-----OB---1999 HT---CAPISTRANO-----17/25----6”---------------------5.4-----MP---1950 S-----CAREFREE DELIGHT---5---1.5-2.75”----8.2 (7.1)------PB---1996 S-----CAREFREE WONDER---17/25-------------8.0 (8.0)------PB---1991 GR---CARIBBEAN---17/25---2.75+”-------------7.6 (7.6)-----AB---1994 FL---CATHEDRAL---17/25-----4-5”--7.8 (6.5)-----------------AB---1976 FL---CHARISMA---41+---2-2.5”-------------------7.1 (6.5)----RB---1978 HT---CHARLOTTE ARMSTRONG---17/25---3-4”----7.3----DP---1941 FL---CHERISH---17/25---2-2.5”--------------------7.1 (6.5)-----OP---1980 GR---CHERRY PARFAIT----26/40---5”-----------7.8 (7.4)----RB---2003 MIN---CHILD’S PLAY---9/16---1.5-2.75”---------8.0 (8.0)----PB---1993 HT---CHRISTIAN DIOR---55---4-4.5”-------------------7.2----MR---1962 HT---CHRYSLER IMPERIAL---45-----4.5-5”----------7.8-----DR---1953 FL---CIRCUS---45/58---2.5-3”----------------------------7.1-----YB---1956 FL---CLASS ACT---9/16------------------------------7.8 (7.1)-----W---1989 HT---COLOR MAGIC---17/25---5”-----------------7.9 (7.0)----PB---1978 GR---COMANCHE---17/25---3.5-4”----------------------7.1----OR---1969 HT---COMMAND PERFORMANCE---17/25--3.5-5”---6.5---OR---1971 GR---CRIMSON BOUQUET---17/25--4-4.5”-----7.9 (7.1)----DR---2000 FL---DAY BREAKER---26/40-----------------------7.9 (7.5)----AB---2004 S-----DAY DREAM----4/8------------------------------------------ -M---2005 MIN---DEBUT---17/25---1.5-2.75”-----------------7.6 (7.0)----RB---1989 HT---DIAMOND JUBILEE---17/25---5-6”---------------6.6----LY---1948 HT---DICKSON’S RED---9/16--5+”----------------------5.8----DR---1940 HT---DOUBLE DELIGHT---17/25---5.5”----------8.4 (8.0)----RB---1977 HT---DUET---17/25---4”------------------------------------6.8----MP---1961 HT---ELECTRON---17/25---5”----------------------------7.8-----DP---1973 HT---ELLE------41+--------------------------------------------------PB---2005 FL---EUREKA---17/25--------------------------------7.7 (7.2)----YB---2003 FL---EUROPEANA---17/25---3”--------------------8.6 (8.8)----DR---1968 GR---FAME---41+-----5”------------------------------8.1 (7.5)----DP---1998 FL---FASHION----17/25--3-3.5”----------------------------8.0----PB---1950 FL---FIRE KING---17/25---2.5”----------------------------7.3----OR---1960 FL---FIRST EDITION---17/25---2-2.5”-------------8.2 (7.5)----OP---1977 S-----FIRST LIGHT---4/8---3.5-4”------------ ------7.8 (7.0)----LP---1998 HT---FIRST PRIZE---17/25---5+”---------------------------8.2---PB---1970 LCL--FLASH---17/25----------------------------------------6.5----RB---1940 FL---FLORADORA---17/25---2”---------------------------6.3----OR---1945 HT---FORTY-NINER---26/40---3.5-4”-------------------4.9----RB---1949 LCL---FOURTH OF JULY---9/16---4-4.5”--------8.1 (7.7)----RB---1999 HT---FRED EDMUNDS---17/25---5-5.5”----------------5.6----OB---1944 HT---FRED HOWARD---17/25---4”----------------------6.1----YB---1952 FL---FRENCH LACE---17/25------------------------8.1 (7.8)-----W---1982 HT---FRIENDSHIP----17/25---5.5-6”----------------------7.7----DP---1979 FL---FUSILIER---17/25--3-3.5”----------------------------7.0----OR---1958 HT---GARDEN PARTY---17/25---4-5”--------------------7.9----W---1960 FL---GAY PRINCESS---17/25---2.75+”-------------------7.3----LP---1967 HT---GEMINI---17/25---4.5-5”-----------------------8.2 (8.4)----PB---2000 FL---GENE BOERNER---17/25---1.5-2.75”--------------8.3----MP---1969 GR---GLOWING PEACE---17/25---3.5-5”---------7.4 (6.7)----YB---2001 FL---GOLD CUP----17/25---4”------------------------------5.4---DY---1958 LCL---GOLDEN SHOWERS---17/25---4”----------------7.4---MY---1957 FL---GOLDEN SLIPPERS----17/25---3”-------------------7.0---YB---1962 HT---GRANADA----17/25---4-5”---------------------------7.9----RB---1964 HT---GRANDE DUCHESSE CHARLOTTE---17/25---6.4----MR---1943 HT---GYPSY----17/25----------------------------------------6.2----OR---1973 HT---HEART’S DESIRE---17/25--4.5”---------------------5.2---DR---1942 HT---HELEN TRAUBEL----17/25---5-6”------------------5.8----PB---1952 HT---HIGH NOON CL----17/25---3-4”---------------------7.4---MY---1948 FL---HONEY PERFUME----26/40---------------------------------AB---2004 HT---HONOR---17/25---5”----------------------------7.6 (7.8)------W---1980 HT---HORACE McFARLAND---17/25---4.5-5.5”---------6.3---OP---1945 FL---HOT COCOA----26/40----2.75+”----------------7.9 (7.5)-----R---2003 FL---IMPATIENT---9/16------1.5-2.75”--------------7.9 (7.3)---OR---1984 FL---INTRIGUE---17/25---1.5-2.75”------------------7.1 (6.7)----M---1984 FL---IVORY FASHION----9/16---3-4”----------------------8.3----W---1959 FL---JIMINY CRICKET----28---3-4”-----------------------6.4----OP---1955 GR---JOHN S. ARMSTRONG----40---3.5-4”-------------6.9----DR---1962 FL---JULIA CHILD--------26/40------------------------------------MY---2006 S-----KALEIDOSCOPE----26/40----3”----------------7.3 (6.4)----M---1999 HT---KATHERINE T. MARSHALL----17/25---5”-------5.9----MP---1944 HT---KING’S RANSOM----17/25--5-6”--------------------6.4----DY---1962 S-----KNOCK OUT----4/8-----------------------------8.6 (7.5)-----RB---2000 S-----LADY ELSIE MAY-------9/16---3.5-4”----------------------OP---2005 FL---LILIBET----17/25---2.5-3.5”---------------------------5.9----LP---1954 FL---LIVIN EASY----25/30---4-4.5”-----------------8.1 (7.2)----OB---1996 HT---LOVE & PEACE----26/40----------------------7.8 (7.3)-----YB---2002 GR---LOVE----17/25---3.5”----------------------------7.6 (6.4)----RB---1980 HT---LOWELL THOMAS----17/25---4-4.5”--------------5.0----DY---1944 GR---LUCKY LADY----17/25---5+”-------------------------6.7---LP---1967 FL---MA PERKINS----17/25--3.5”---------------------------7.1----PB---1953 FL---MARINA----17/25-----2.5-3”---------------------7.5 (7.4)---OB---1981 FL---MARMALADE SKIES---17/25---1.5-2.75”----7.8 (7.3)---OB---2001 HT---MARY MARGARET McBRIDE----17/25----4-5”--6.6---MP---1943 HT---MATTERHORN----17/25----3.5-5”------------------6.1-----W---1966 HT---MEDALLION----17/25----5+”------------------------7.1----AB---1973 HT---MEMORIAL DAY----26/40--------------------7.6 (7.2)----MP---2004 HT---MIDAS TOUCH----17 /25---2.75+”------------7.5 (6.7----DY---1994 HT---MIKADO----17/25---3.5-5”---------------------7.4 (7.3)----RB---1988 HT---MIRANDY----17/25---5-6”--------------------------- 6.6----DR---1945 HT---MISS ALL-AMERICAN BEAUTY---55-----7.7 (6.3)----DP---1968 HT---MISSION BELLS----17/25---5”----------------------6.3----PB---1950 HT---MISTER LINCOLN ----17/25---4.5-6”--------------8.3----DR---1965 HT---MME. CHIANG KAI-SHEK----17/25---5-5.5”------6.0---LY---1944 HT---MME. MARIE CURIE---17/25---5”-----------------5.6----DY---1944 HT---MOJAVE----17/25----4-4.5”---------------------------5.7---OB---1954 HT---MON CHERI-----17/25---5”---------------------7.4 (7.4)----RB---1982 HT---MOONDANCE---------------------------------------------------W---2007 HT---MOUNT HOOD----40/45----3.5-5”-------------6.9 (6.5)----W---1996 MIN---NEW BEGINNING---40/50---1.5-2.75”------7.2 (6.9)--OB---1989 GR---NEW YEAR---17/25---3.5-5”------------------7.1 (6.9)----OB---1987 HT---NOCTURNE----17/25--4.5”---4.5”------------------5.0----DR---1948 HT---OLYMPIAD----35---5+”------------------------8.6 (8.0)---MR---1984 HT---OPENING NIGHT----26/40----4.5”-----------7.8 (7.4)----DR---1998 HT---OREGOLD----17/25-------5+”-----------------7.0 (7.6)----DY---1975 HT---PARADISE---17/25--3.5-4.5”------------------7.6 (8.0)-----M---1979 HT---PASCALI----17/25---3.5”-----------------------------7.8-----W---1969 HT---PEACE ----17/25---6”----------------------------------8.1----YB---1946 HT---PERFECT MOMENT---17/25---3.5-5”-------7.8 (7.1)----RB---1991 HT---PERFUME DELIGHT----17/25---5+”--------------7.6----MP---1974 GR---PINK PARFAIT---17/25---3.5-4”--------------------8.0----PB---1961 POL---PINKIE----9/16---1.75-2.5”-------------------------7.4----MP---1948 FL---PLEASURE----17/25---2.75+”-----------------8.0 (7.2)----MP---1990 HT---PORTRAIT----17/25----3.5-5”------------------------7.1----PB---1972 MIN---PRIDE ‘N’ JOY----41+-----1.5-2.75”-------------7.7----OB---1992 GR---PRIMA DONNA----17/25---5+”--------------7.4 (7.5)----DP---1988 GR---PROMINENT----17/25--3.5”------------------------7.5----OR---1977 GR---QUEEN ELIZABETH---17/25---3.5-4”------------7.8----MP---1955 S-----RAINBOW KNOCK OUT-----4/8---------------------------PB---2007 FL---RAINBOW SORBET-----15/18----3-3.5”-----------------YB----2006 FL---REDGOLD----17/25----1.5-2.75”-------------------7.3----YB---1971 HT---RIO SAMBA---17/25---2.75+”----------------7.4 (7.6)---YB---1993 FL---ROMAN HOLIDAY----17/25---1.5-2.75”---------6.9---MR---1967 FL---ROSE PARADE----17/25---2.75+”-----------7.4 (7.0)----PB---1975 HT---ROYAL HIGHNESS---43---5-5.5”-----------------7.7----LP---1963 HT---RUBAIYAT---17/25---4.5-5”-----------------------6.8-----DP---1947 HT---SAN FERNANDO----17/25---5+”-----------------5.4----MR---1948 FL---SARABANDE----9/16--2.5”-------------------------8.0----OR---1960 FL---SARATOGA----17/25---4”----------------------------6.6----W---1964 GR---SCARLET KNIGHT----17/25---4-5”---------------7.4---MR---1968 FL---SCENTIMENTAL---17/25---4-4.5”-----------7.7 (7.2)---RB---1997 HT---SEASHELL----17/25---3-4”-------------------6.7 (7.0)----OP---1976 HT---SECRET----26/40----2.75+”-------------------7.9 (7.7)----PB---1994 HT---SHEER BLISS-----17/25---5+”----------------7.8 (7.7)----W---1987 HT---SHEER ELEGANCE---30/35---4.5”----------7.8 (7.8)---OP---1991 GR---SHINING HOUR----17/25---3.5-5”-----------7.1 (6.7)---DY---1991 FL---SHOWBIZ----17/25---1.5-2.75”--------------8.3 (7.4)----MR---1985 GR---SHREVEPORT----17/25----4”-----------------7.1 (6.9)---OB---1982 FL---SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN---25/30--------------7.7 (7.2)----AB---1995 GR---SOLITUDE----26/40---1.5-2.75”--------------7.2 (6.8)---OB---1993 HT----ST. PATRICK----17/25---5”------------------8.0 (8.0)---YB---1996 GR---STARFIRE----17/25----5”---------------------------7.1----MR---1959 S-----STARRY NIGHT----4/8------------------------7.6 (6.9)-----W---2002 GR---STRIKE IT RICH---------------------------------------------YB---2007 FL---SUN FLARE----17/25----3.5”----------------8.3 (7.1)----MY---1983 MIN---SUN SPRINKLES----17/25---2-2.25”------7.8 (7.3)---DY---2001 GR---SUNDOWNER----17/25---4”------------------6.3 (6.5)---AB---1979 HT---SUNSET CELEBRATION---17/25----------7.8 (7.3)----AB---1998 HT---SUTTER’S GOLD----17/25--4-5”------------------6.9----OP---1950 FL---SWEET INSPIRATION---26/40---2.75+”--7.7 (7.1)----MP---1993 HT---SWEET SURRENDER---17/25---5+”------7.4 (6.8)----MP---1983 HT---TAFFETA----17/25--3-3.5”--------------------------7.2----PB---1948 HT---TAHITIAN SUNSET----25/30-----5”---------------------AB----2006 HT---TALLYHO----17/25--3.5-4”------------------------6.4-----DP---1949 HT---THE CHIEF---17/25----4-6”------------------------6.7-----OB---1940 HT---TIFFANY----17/25---4-5”----------------------------7.9----PB---1955 HT---TIMELESS-----17/25----4.5”------------------7.8 (7.5)----DP---1997 HT---TOUCH OF CLASS---17/25---4.5-5.5”------8.9 (8.6)---OP---1986 GR---TOURNAMENT OF ROSES---17/25--------8.2 (7.4)---MP---1989 HT---TROPICANA----17/25---5”--------------------------7.6----OR---1963 FL---VOGUE----17/25----3.5-4.5”------------------------7.2-----PB---1952 HT---VOODOO----17/25-----------------------------7.4 (7.2)----OB---1986 GR---WILD BLUE YONDER----25/30---4.5”-------------------M----2006 HT---WHISPER-----17/25----------------------------7.5 (7.3)----W----2003 FL---WHITE BOUQUET----45---4.5”--------------------6.9-----W---1957 HT---WHITE KNIGHT----17/25---4”----------------------5.8----W---1958 GR---WHITE LIGHTING----17/25----3.5-4”------ -7.2 (7.5)----W---1981 FL---WORLD’S FAIR----9/16--4”-------------------------6.0----DR---1940 HT---YANKEE DOODLE----17/25---4”---------- 6.2 (5.5)----YB---1976

Ron---I had it in FL on fortuniana. I think I was the first person to win miniflora queen with it. Brought it with me up here and it died the first winter. Sure miss it though. Nice big healthy bush with loads of blooms. I really didn't think it was winter tender. Oh well.

My husband who had AZ had a brain scan and the result was part of his brain had atrophied. It could never get better, that part of his brain was dead. Nothing helps Alzheimer patients. The meds they give them are all experimental, never been proven to help.

Well Momof5angels, can I share my touchy pictures-of-mom-and-dad story? I have the same situation, except it's not one picture, it's a bedroom full of pictures like this. Childhood pictures of the three of them, or pictures and drawings of just her mom. I think I'd be more understanding if (from all their accounts, I've never met her) she was a loving wonderful mom. They tell me she was/is a drunk, a user, a seller, and had several BFs behind dad's back. One of SD's complaints is that her BM would come home from work, go to her room and ignore all 3 of her children. Dad made major life changes and wanted his then wife to clean up her act too. She didn't want to leave her BF and partying ways, so he divorced her and they shared custody. (Only the SD is his. Other 2 were fathered by someone else.) Five years later, I enter the picture. Dad has since gained full custody of his then 14 year-old daughter. It was SD's choice to leave mom's filthy, unkept house where the live-in BF hung around drinking all day. Well, my custody arrangement w/ my ex requires that I live in my current town. I let my then-just-dating guy know this immediately and he let his daughter know she'd have to choose whether to live with us (4 hours away) or stay at her mom's. BM flipped out! She threatened to have a friend of hers come over to the dad's apartment (while we were house hunting) and rape her own daughter to punish her for even thinking of moving away! What kind of mom threatens her own daughter to have some thug rape her as punishment? Well, SD decided to come live with us. (14 then, 19 years old now.) I know it's hard to leave your home town and move away from friends! (I'm a former military wife, moved 20+ times over 9 years!)We made all sorts of accomodations to try to ease her pain of having to move away: taking her back for every school holiday and summers to visit her friends and family. (Expensive!) Unlimited Internet and cell phone access to her friends/family. I certainly don't expect SD to deny her past! I want her to treasure the happy moments, like we all do from our childhood. BUT! We all eventually move on into adulthood. I was a professional photographer and we have TONS of current photos of all sorts of family functions. I do scrapbooking, painting, collages, sewing etc. and have let her know she can invite friends over from her new school or our new congregation for any of these or other activities, but no. For the first 2 years of our marriage she spent her free time online or talking to all her old friends w/very little effort to make "new memories" to hang on the wall. I talked with my husband letting him know I appreciate we all have previous memories to treasure, but she seemed stuck in "Little Girl Land" and was in denial. We had a discussion with her once to encourage her to do things with us, make new friends, start taking the steps to becoming a young lady. She bawled (literally) about "not having a childhood." She was 18 then and had no plans regarding her future. A job? College? Move out eventually? I'm just the meanie "not letting her have a relationship w/ her dad." Our parent-child relationships evolve over time. She was 18 then w/graduation just weeks away and it still hadn't dawned upon her to make plans for schooling or employment!It's not that she doesn't know, it's that she doesn't want to learn ... at least not from me! I was stunned. Oh yeah, you had a childhood, I told her. Unfortunately, it was pretty crappy since your BM neglected all 3 kids! (So why is she the one STILL adorning the walls?) I try to be understanding that since BM didn't teach SD any personal hygiene skills or etiquette, it isn't automatic. But, I ask my husband, she's been living with you for 4 years now. So why does she still belch w/o saying 'excuse me'? Spit phlegm out the window? Take food of my plate? Keep her room in total disarray? I'm "the bad guy" for expecting her to not sleep in till noon, take a shower and be presentable every day, (not just when we'll go to services), further her education so she can become self-sufficient some day, and bother to include us in her major life decisions? I'm the one driving her back and forth twice a day to two different schools so she can take foreign language classes, to doctor appointments, etc. I don't WANT to replace her mother. I want her to learn from my varied experience, not criticize my cooking, home decorating, etc. I love her dad, and she's part of him. I guess it must be crappy to have to accept that your mom is a disappoint. Maybe she feels she'll be disloyal to mom if she likes me? I wonder this because now she does do things with other people here. And I mean other people MY age(40), not just with other teens. She goes to their house to watch movies, eat dinner, etc. I ask her dad, how does letting her do this promote family unity? Sure, I think these other women are great friends to have, but now even they replace me and take her to functions I should. They'll have some congregation event and my SD, not me, is the one invited to share a dish. Am I the wife, or is she? Example: I recently invited my husband to go to bed early for once, so we wouldn't be so tired for our "private time." His response? "When do I get to spend any time with (SD)?"(They spend hours watching movies together almost every night of the week!) Anyway, I'm going on and on ... guess it's not just the pictures of "Mommy Dearest" still on the wall that bother me. BTW, I am also a high school teacher and deal with some pretty rough teenagers every day. My students send me cards, give me hugs (nothing inappropriate) and say "thank you" for sharing life's hard lessons. My husband's response to discomfort over walls of BM photos? "It's her room." Excuse me? If my 18 year-old or 9-year-old hung a photo of their father, or our former family, in "their" room, I would talk with them about part of healing is moving on. My girls' dad left me for another woman, has since left her and is now shacking up with a third. (I only hear this through the grapevine, I don't ask!)So does he have a place in my home? No. In their lives, yes. Hang those pictures on your apartment walls, not my house. I gave my ex tons of family photos to give to our daughters, but no, those will not hang on the walls of where my current husband is to be respected. Am I being too sensitive? What do you all think? THANKS! No one I know personally understands this from their own experience.