2006 HANDBOOKS SUPPLEMENT ROSE LIST The following 221 roses are garden and exhibition ratings, from the 2005 Roses in Review (RIR) survey. Included in the January 2006 issue of American Rose magazine. Realizing everyone viewing the Garden Web posts, are not ARS members and receive the Rose magazine. Ratings are for people using the “Handbook for Selecting Roses” and would not be aware of these latest ratings until September 2006. To late in helping new rose growers select spring roses. Of the 518 roses appearing in the 2005 RIR survey, 297 did not meet the magic number of 10 reports. To make this post a bit more interesting included rose ratings from the last three RIR surveys, for comparison. Could not help but note, a similarity of ratings in the 2003, 2004 and 2005 surveys. -----Second sets of ratings are from the 2004 (RIR) survey ==Third sets of ratings are from the 2003 (RIR) survey By: Ronald Schwerdt ABBAYE DE CLUNY HT, ab, 30, 1996, 7.7 (7.0) ALIENA Min Fl, yb, 17-25, 2001, 7.3 (7.5)----7.2 (7.5)===7.4 (7.6) ALNWICK CASTLE S, pb, 41+, 2002, 7.5 (7.3) AMBER SUNSET Min, ob, 26-40, 1996, 7.4 (6.1)----7.8 (7.5)===7.6 (7.4) AMERICAN HERO HT, mr, 2002, 7.4 (7.0)----7.5 (7.0)===7.4 (7.2) ANNA MARIE Min, ly, 17-25, 2004, 7.2 (7.2) ANTIKE 89, pb, 41+, 1988, 7.6 (7.6) APRIL MOON S, my, 28, 1984, 7.7 (7.4) ARISTOCRAT Min, dp, 26-40, 2002, 7.3 (7.3)----7.3 (7.2) AUNT HONEY S, mp, 38, 1984, 8.1 (7.4) BABY AUSTIN Min, yb, 26-40, 2001, 8.1 (7.2)----7.7 (7.2)===7.4 (6.9) BABY BOOMER Min, mp, 17-25, 2002, 7.7 (7.8)----7.6 (7.7) BABY LOVE Min, dy, (s), 5, 1992, 8.0 (7.4) BE-BOP S, rb, 4-8, 2003, 8.0 (7.5)----7.8 (7.6) BEES KNEES Min, yb, 1998, 8.0 (8.3)----8.1 (8.3)===7.9 (8.3) BELLA’ROMA HT, pb, 30, 2003, 7.4 (7.1----7.4 (7.1) BENGAL TIGER, F, or, 8-14, 2000, 7.3 (6.6)----7.0 (6.4) BENJAMIN BRITTEN S, 41+, 2001, 7.6 (7.1)----7.8 (6.8)===7.6 (7.1) BEST FRIENDS Min, ob, 17-25, 2002, 7.4 (7.1)----7.6 (7.3)===7.5 (7.2) BETTY WHITE HT, pb, 2004, 7.4 (6.6) BLACK BACCARA HT, dr, 26-40, 2001, 7.0 (6.8)----7.1 (7.0)===7.1 (7.1) BLAZE OF GLORY LCl, ob, 25, 2004, 7.6 (7.0) BLUSHING BEAUTY HT, w, 2000, 7.2 (7.2)----6.8 (7.2) BLUSHING KNOCKOUT S, lp, 2004, 8.3 (6.9) BLYTHE SPIRIT S, my, 2000, 7.8 (7.0)----8.0 (7.6) BOBBIE DARLENE HT, lp, 26-40, 2001, 7.4 (7.1) BREATH OF SPRING Min, my, 17-25, 2002, 7.7 (7.9)----7.5 (7.8) BRONZE STAR HT, ab, 25-29, 2002, 7.8 (7.2)----7.8 (6.8) BURNING DESIRE HT, mr, 26-40, 2001, 6.4 (5.7)----6.5 (6.6)===6.8 (6.9) BUTTER CREAM Min Fl , my, 26-40, 2002, 7.8 (8.2)----7.8 (8.1) BUTTERCREAM HT, ly, 40, 2003, 7.3 (7.4)----7.1 (7.2) CABANA HT, pb, 25-30, 2002, 7.5 (7.4)----7.6 (6.9)===7.4 (6.8) CAJUN MOON HT, w, 26-40, 2001, 7.9 (8.2)----7.8 (8.1)===7.8 (8.2) CAJUN SUNRISE HT, pb, 26-40, 2001, 7.7 (8.0)----7.8 (8.0)===7.7 (7.9) CANARY DIAMOND HT, dy, 17-25, 2003, 7.3 (7.0)----7.3 (6.8) CESAR E. CHAVES HT, mr, 30-35, 2002, 7.4 (7.4)----7.4 (7.4)===7.4 (7.2) CHARISMATIC Min Fl, rb, 17-25, 2003, 7.5 (7.8) CHARLES ALBANEL HRg, mr, 20, 1982, 6.5 (7.0) CHARLES DARWIN S, my, 41+, 2001, 7.3 (7.3)----7.5 (7.2)===7.4 (7.2) CHARLOTTE S, ly, 41+, 1994, 7.9 (7.8)----8.1 (8.4) CHARMED Min Fl, ab, 2002, 7.4 (7.3)----7.2 (7.1) CHERRY PARFAIT Gr, rb, 35, 2001, 7.8 (7.4)----7.8 (7.2) CHESHIRE HT, my, 17-25, 1999, 7.4 (6.8)----7.4 (7.0) CHIHULY F, rb, 4-11, 2003, 7.7 (7.3)----7.7 (7.3) CHLOE’S STAR Min, my, 17-25, 2002, 7.1 (6.7) CITRUS CANDY Min, ob, 2000, 7.6 (7.3)----7.7 (7.2)===7.6 (7.4) CITY OF CARLSBAD F, ob, 17-25, 2000, 7.7 (7.3) CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO F, mr, 17-25, 2000, 7.7 (7.5) CLASS OF 73 Min Fl, pb, 17-25, 2003, 7.4 (7.3) COMTESSE DE PROVENCE HT, mp, 8.0 (7.5)----7.4 (7.0)===7.6 (7.3) CONUNDRUM Min Fl, yb, 17-25, 2001, 7.7 (8.1)----7.8 (8.2) CROCUS ROSE S, w, 2001, 8.2 (7.8)----7.8 (7.7)===7.9 (7.4) CRYSTAL FAIRY Pol, w, 2001, 7.5 (7.3)===7.5 (7.3) CUTHBERT GRANT S, dr, 9-16, 1967, 7.6 (6.9) DANCING FLAME Min, yb, 2001, 7.7 (7.9)----7.6 (7.8)===7.4 (7.7) DAY BREAKER F, yb, 30-35, 2004, 7.9 (7.5) DEBORAH BEGGS HT, ob, 2003, 7.3 (7.6) DISNEYLAND F, ob, 25, 2003, 7.5 (7.4)----7.6 (6.7) DISTANT THUNDER S, m, 30+, 2002, 7.5 (6.5)----8.0 (7.4) DORIS MORGAN Min, dp, 17-25, 003, 7.7 (7.8)----7.8 (7.8), DOUBLE GOLD Min Fl, , yb, 26-40, 2002, 7.3 (7.2)----7.4 (7.4) DR. JOHN DICKMAN Min, Fl, m, 17-25, 2001, 7.7 (8.2) ENGLAND’S ROSE S, 2000, 7.5 (7.4) ERIN ALONSO Min, my, 26-40, 2003, 7.8 (8.0) EUREKA F, yb, 25-30, 2003, 7.7 (7.2)----7.6 (7.1), EXCELLENCE HT, mr, 2004, 7.3 (7.2) FALSTAFF S, dr, 50, 2000, 7.5 (7.6)----7.7 (7.5)===7.4 (7.3) FANCY DANCER Min Fl, w, 2001, 7.2 (7.2)----7.5 (7.6)===6.8 (7.2) FEISTY Min, mr, 2002, 7.3 (6.9)===6.8 (6.2) FIRECRACKER S, mp, 2004, 7.7 (7.4) FIREFIGHTER HT, dr, 40-45, 2004, 7.5 (7.2) FIRST FLIGHT HT, mr, 26-40, 2004, 7.0 (6.8) FLIP FLOP Min, mp, 26-40, 2003, 7.3 (7.1) FLIRTATIOUS F, pb, 2003, 7.5 (6.9)----7.5 (6.9) FONTANA Min Fl, ab, 17-25, 2002, 7.2 (6.9)----7.4 (7.3)===7.2 (7.2) FOOLISH PLEASURE Min Fl, pb, 26-40, 2003, 7.7 (8.1) FRAGRANT KEEPSAKE HT, yb, 2004, 7.7 (7.1) FRONT ‘N’ CENTER Min, mr, 17-25, 2002, 7.4 (7.6)----7.3 (7.4) GHISLAINE DE FELIGONDE HMult, ly, 1916, 8.2 (7.9) GOLDEN HOLSTEIN F, dy, 1989, 8.2 (7.7) GRAND PRIZE F, w, 2003, 7.6 (7.3)----7.7 (7.2) GREETING F, m, 1999, 7.6 (7.1)----7.8 (7.3) HAPPY, CL Cl Pol, mr, 2000, 8.0 (7.5) HAPPY Pol, mr, 9-16, 1954, 8.2 HEART ‘N’ SOUL S, rb, 20-25, 7.7 (7.4)----7.6 (7.0)===7.7 (7.1) HEAVEN ON EARTH F, ab, 40+, 2004, 7.6 (7.1) HENRY KELSEY HKor, mr, 28, 1976, 8.0 (7.3)----7.8 (7.2) HIGH SOCIETY LCl, dp, 30-35, 2004, 7.2 (7.4) HOLLYWOOD HT, w, 1998, 7.4 (7.6) HOLLYWOOD STAR HT, ab, 2002, 7.3 (7.5)----7.0 (7.3) HOME AND FAMILY HT, w, 2003, 7.2 (6.8)-----7.3 (7.1) HONEY DIJON HT, r, 26-40, 2004, 7.6 (7.5) HOPIE GIRL HT, ly, 26-40, 2003, 7.4 (7.5) HOT COCOA F, r, 25-30, 2003, 7.9 (7.5)----7.9 (7.3), INDIGO** P, m, 1830, 7.0 (6.6) JACOB’S LADDER LCl, dr, 9-16, 2002, 7.7 (7.3)----7.1 (6.6) JAMES GALWAY S, lp, 2001, 8.0 (7.7)----7.9 (7.2)===7.9 (7.7) JEN HT, yb, 17-25, 2001, 7.3 (7.5) KEY LARGO HT, op, 26-40, 2001, 7.6 (7.4)----7.6 (7.5)===7.5 (7.5) LADY OF THE MIST S, ob, 100+, 7.7 (7.7) LAFTER HT, yb, 23, 1948, 7.7 (7.4)----8.1 (0.0) LAVENDER CRYSTAL Min, m, 1985, 7.6 (7.3) LAVENDER FLOORSHOW S, m, 12, 2002, 7.5 (0.0) LAVENDER LACE F, m, 35, 2004, 7.3 (6.8) LEMON ZEST S, my, 40-50, 2002, 7.6 (7.1) LIBERTY BELL Min Fl, rb, 26-40, 2002, 7.5 (7.6)----7.4 (7.6) LOUISVILLE LADY Min Fl, dp, 26-40, 2003, 7.6 (8.1) LOVE AND PEACE HT, yb, 40, 2001, 7.8 (7.3)----7.7 (7.3)===7.6 (7.3) LOVE ME TENDER HT, m, 2002, 7.3 (6.4) LOVELY FAIRY Pol, dp, 1990, 8.0 (7.7) LOVERS LANE HT, mr, 35, 2002, 7.4 (7.3)----7.5 (7.4)===7.5 (7.4) LUSCIOUS HT, pb, 2003, 7.2 (6.9)----7.4 (7.1) MACY’S PRIDE S, 2003, 7.7 (7.1)----8.0 (7.4) MARIE JEANNETTE Min, yb, 17-25, 1980, 7.6 (7.9)----7.5 (7.7) MARILYN MONROE HT, ab, 2002, 7.9 (8.1)----7.8 (8.0)===7.8 (7.9) MEMORIAL DAY HT, lp, 50, 2004, 7.6 (7.2) MEMPHIS KING Min Fl, dr, 26-40, 2002, 7.5 (8.0)----7.7 (8.1) MERLOT Min, rb, 17-25, 2002, 7.4 (7.5)----7.5 (7.5)===7.6 (7.6) MIAMI MOON F, op, 30-35, 2000, 7.1 (6.6)----7.3 (7.0)===7.5 (7.1) MIDNIGHT BLUE S, m, 17-25, 2003, 7.6 (7.2) MINOR DETAILS Min, pb, 17-25, 2002, 7.4 (7.2) MISS ALICE S, lp, 2001, 7.4 (6.9) MISS CHARLESTON Min, m, 17-25, 2003, 7.6 (7.7) MISS ELVIS HT, ob, 26-40, 2000, 7.5 (7.4)----7.5 (7.5)===7.4 (7.3) MISS MEGAN Min, mp, 17-25, 2004, 7.5 (7.4) MISTY TWILIGHT HT, mp, 35-40, 2004, 7.4 (7.4) MLLE FRANZISKA KRUGER T, op, 41+, 1879, 7.8 (8.1)----7.4 (7.7) MODERN MAGIC F, ob, 17-25, 2001, 7.2 (7.1)----7.2 (7.1)===7.6 (7.7) MON’S ROSE HT, rb, 17-25, 2005, 7.5 (6.9) MORDEN RUBY S, pb, 41+, 1977, 7.6 (7.4) MOTHER’S ROSE HT, op, 30, 2002, 7.7 (7.5)----7.1 (6.7) MY HERO S, mr, 2003, 8.1 (7.2) NANCY JEAN Min, ab, 17-25, 2004, 7.6 (8.1) NANCY REAGAN HT, ab, 30, 2003, 7.3 (7.4)----7.6 (7.2) NARROW WATERS N, lp, 12-23, 1883, 7.9 (6.8) NEON COWBOY Min, rb, 4-8, 2003, 8.1 (7.7)----8.0 (7.7) NEPTUNE HT, m, 26-40, 2003, 7.4 (7.4) NINE-ELEVEN HT, mr, 41+, 2002, 7.5 (7.6) NORWICH SWEETHEART Min, mr, 17-25, 2004, 7.6 (7.4) PASADENA STAR F, w, 17-25, 2001, 7.4 (8.1)----7.3 (7.9) PASSIONATE KISSES F, mp, 12-16, 2001, 7.9 (7.4)----8.2 (7.8) PEACH DELIGHT Min Fl, ab, 41+, 2001, 7.7 (7.7)----7.7 (7.3)==7.6 (7.6) PETER MAYLE HT, dp, 30-35, 2001, 7.6 (7.2)----7.7 (7.3)===7.9 (7.4) PICOTEE Min, rb, 20-25, 2004, 7.4 (7.4) PINK KNOCK OUT S, mp, 2004, 8.3 (7.2) PINK L D S, dp, 41+, 2003, 7.4 (7.1) POP WARNER HT, pb, 26-40, 2001, 7.6 (7.8)----7.7 (7.9)===7.6 (7.9) PRECIOUS DREAM HBc, pb, 26-40, 2002, 7.5 (7.1)----8.0 (7.4) PROVIDENCE Min Fl, my, 26-40, 2003, 7.3 (7.5) QUIETNESS S, lp, 2003, 8.0 (7.5) RABBLE ROUSER S, yb, 2000, 7.4 (6.7) RADIANT PERFUME HT, dy, 25, 2003, 7.6 (7.3)----7.4 (7.2) RADOX BOUQUET F, mp, 30, 1980, 7.5 (7.2) RAINFOREST F, pb, 12-16, 2004, 7.1 (5.6) RAMBLIN RED LCl, mr, 26-40, 2001, 7.8 (7.0)----8.3 (7.1)===7.7 (6.8) RED SCENTSATION Min, mr, 17-25, 2003, 7.4 (7.1)----7.3 (7.3) RONALD REAGAN HT, rb, 30, 2003, 7.6 (7.6)----7.8 (7.5) ROUGE ROYALE HT, rb, 41+, 2002, 7.4 (7.2)----7.5 (7.0)===7.7 (7.6) ROUTE 66 S, m, 2001, 7.3 (7.1)----7.6 (7.2) ROXIE Min Fl , op, 17-25, 2001, 7.4 (7.5)----7.5 (7.5)==7.4 (7.5) RUBY RUBY Min, mr, 26-40, 2003, 7.8 (7.5)----7.8 (7.6) SACRED HEART HT, dr, 26-40, 2003, 6.7 (6.5)----7.0 (6.9) SALSA F, dr, 20, 2000, 7.5 (7.1)----7.4 (6.8)===7.3 (7.4) SAM TRIVITT Min, ab, 26-40, 2000, 7.6 (7.8)----7.6 (7.9) SAMANTHA RUTH Min, yb, 41+, 1994, 7.6 (7.3) SANDY LUNDBERG Min, w, 2000, 7.4 (7.6)----7.6 (7.8)==7.8 (7.9) SILVER SHADOWS HT, m, 33, 1984, 7.2 (6.6) SILVER STAR HT, m, 17-25, 1966, 7.6 (7.6)----7.8 (7.6) SIMPLY MARVELOUS F, m, 30, 2000, 7.3 (7.0)----7.3 (7.0)===7.2 (6.9) SOCIAL CLIMBER LCl, mp, 40, 2004, 7.9 (7.3) SOUV DE ST. ANNE’S B, lp, 1950, 8.2 (7.5) SPICE SO NICE LCL, ab, 30, 2000, 7.6 (7.0)----7.5 (6.8)===7.8 (6.4) SPRING’S A COMIN’ Min Fl, pb, 17-25, 2001, 7.7 (7.9)----7.5 (7.4) STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN Cl F, mr, 25, 7.5 (7.3)----7.3 (7.1)===7.3 (7.0) STARRY NIGHT S, w, 5, 2002, 7.8 (6.9)----7.6 (6.8)==7.7 (6.9) STARSHIP Min Fl, yb, 26-40, 2001, 7.6 (7.7)----7.7 (7.8) STRAWBERRY ROMANCE HT, pb, 26-40, 2004, 7.1 (7.5) SUBLIME Min, rb, 2004, 6.9 (7.3) SUNDANCE HT, dy, 1992, 7.6 (7.1 SWEET ARLENE Min Fl, m, 26-40, 2001, 7.6 (7.6)----7.8 (7.9) SWEET DIANA Min, dy, 17-25, 2002, 7.8 (7.6)----7.8 (7.4)===7.7 (7.5) SWEET NOTHINGS Min, m, 20-25, 2002, 7.7 (7.0) TAMMY DARLENE Min, pb, 17-25, 2004, 7.6 (7.7) TANGERINE JEWEL HBc, ob, 4-11, 2002, 7.3 (6.5)----7.4 (7.0) TENNESSEE SUNRISE Min Fl, op, 2001, 7.8 (7.5)----7.6 (7.4)==7.4 (7.0) TENNESSEE SUNSET Min Fl, yb, 26-40, 2002, 8.0 (7.8) THE ALEXANDRA ROSE S, pb, 5, 1994, 7.8 (7.5) THE DAHLIA ROSE F, pb, 41+, 2004, 7.2 (6.7) THE MAYFLOWER S, pb, 41+, 2002, 7.4 (6.7)----7.4 (6.6) THE McCARTNEY ROSE HT, mp, 26-40, 1995, 7.9 (7.5) THIS IS THE DAY Min, or, 17-25, 2003, 7.8 (7.7)----7.7 (7.7) TIGRESS Gr, m, 25, 2003, 6.9 (6.7)----7.0 (6.7) TINY TOT Min, ab, 1990, 7.6 (7.4)----7.7 (7.2) TOP NOTCH F, dy, 26-40, 2002, 7.6 (6.9)----7.3 (7.1) TROPICAL PASSION HT, or, 1999, 7.0 (6.3) VELVET FRAGRANCE HT, dr, 17-25, 1988, 7.8 (7.0) WANDERING WIND S, lp, 17-25, 1973, 8.7 WHAT A PEACH S, ab, 2002, 7.4 (6.5)----7.5 (6.8) ===7.6 (7.0) WHISPER HT, w, 30-35, 2003, 7.5 (7.3 WILDFIRE HT, ob, 2004, 7.6 (7.5) WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 2000 S, mr, 7.7 (7.5)----7.7 (7.2)==7.7 (7.5)

Chris, you are welcome to send me the complete reorganization you have in mind. If you are concerned it might give Board members a coronary, then send it to me by email. My email address is available on this site. I promise you I won't have a coronary, even though I am on the Board. As to the three year terms of Board members, elections are expensive and time consuming. Holding them more often than every three years would mean we were spending an inordinate amount of time and effort on elections and less time on the business of the organization. I have to tell you I think such an approach would be counterproductive. However, I do agree the Board is too large and think we should have more effective limits on the number of consecutive years someone can serve on the Board. I am in my second term on the Board and it will be my last. If I can't get things done in six years, it's time for someone else to work on them. I'm not sure which big businesses you have dealt with, but I can tell you Boards of big businesses do not ask stockholders or anyone else for input before conducting the business of the company. I have seen them in action in their business meetings and they are less open than the ARS Board. Anyway, lay your suggestions on me and I will let you know what I think. The ARS is not perfect by any means and any ideas that will help will be welcomed.

Would love to know what you did with them, as I am in the same position with some that were from both my grandmothers, my mother's and mine, so they go back fairly far. If you have a suggestion I would appreciate it Linda @ salinapalpurple@yahoo.com

Do the floors before you move in. This is one thing that is hard to do while you live in it. Depending on how many times the floors have been sanded, you may not have much more life left in them. Usually, you can get about 3 sandings to the floor before you have to replace all the wood. Do the research and find out about various floor finishes. We have had Swedish floors for 20 years with 2 sandings in that time. They don't wear that well with 2 kids and dogs. The finish is not spot repairable. We are switching to spot repairable type, ie oil and wax floor finish; Osmo is the brand. We felt that we can't afford another sanding on the floor. Look at architectural styles, decor styles etc and have a long term vision of how you want the house to look architecturally. Then don't deviate stylistically from the initial vision even if there are new and better things that come out. If you have on going remodel for many years, it is easy to get on the band wagon of what is current for different phases of remodel. The house will lose cohesiveness and things will not tie nicely together. Make sure everything ties together. I have been watching the remodel/decorating thing evolve for the past decade or more. It is interesting how quickly things become passe. 10 to 15 years, slate and stone floors were really in. Now porcelain tile floors that look like wood, laid out in brick pattern are in. Go figure. Whatever you do, think about the longevity, cohesiveness, and integrity of the style rather than the trend. Read and teach yourself about mid century modern architecture (not just decorating magazines but architectural professional books and magazines), which I think the house may have that type of architecture. Knowledge can be a good thing. The kitchen is the most expensive part of the house to remodel. I would wait until you live in it and find out how the house lives. We have a rental house about that era. It is expensive to just maintain it. We spend a few thousand $ every couple years just to keep it in good working order. It seems like all the expensive stuff has been done in your house. You are lucky. Even so, make sure you have reserve for the unexpected, ie leaky roof, plugged plumbing, dead appliances.