(1949)  
 
REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEE ON ORNAMENTALS
Committee: F.L. Skinner, Chairman, H.F. Harp, J. Walker, R.J. Hilton, W. Godfrey, A.C. Patterson, J.L. Almey
Prairie Youth Rose
carried in its parentage Ross rose, Dr. W. Van Fleet, Turks Rugosa Samling, Altai and Rosa pratincola. The mother, Morden N 13-4, was pollinated by Prairie Sailor - the first rose to be named here. The new complex hybrid is a hardy, vigorous shrub, growing to a height of 5 feet. Foliage is medium dark green that seems free of mildew and leaf spot diseases. Stems are reddish brown and moderately spiny. Flowers, semi-double, borne freely in clusters, are a sunworthy bright salmon-pink, occasional flowers show until autumn. The variety propagates readily from greenwood cuttings.