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   Rose Breeder   
 Listing last updated on Wed Oct 2025
 
  
   1904-1987[From The Rose: An Encyclopedia of North American Roses, Rosairans, and Rose Lore, by Sean McCann, p. 51:] Charles "Uncle Charlie" Dawson was the Common Sense Gardener to thousands of readers of the American Rose magazine from the 1960s through the 1970s... [See the source for more information as well as a photograph of Dawson]
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