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Dark Pink Killarney A clear dark pink color that is bright through the dark days of Fall and Winter when Killarney is pale and unattractive. A variety that is more productive than KilIarney, but one that needs careful handling to be brought to perfection: such is Dark Pink Killarney. The foliage is smaller than Killarney with a tendency to scald in hot weather. To be properly handled it should be grown cool to obtain size of bloom and number of petals. It will not thrive under conditions of heavy feeding and too high temperature. It is a variety that should be counted on for a money maker in Winter, but not in hot weather. 

[Same photo as Holmes' Commercial Rose Culture, 1911, p.72]

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Double Pink Killarney. Similar to Killarney in habit of growth and blooming qualities, but differing in having increase of petalage. Light, even shade of pink in color. 

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Double White Killarney... As this variety is strong in the points wherein its parent is weak, coming free from the tinge of pink in warm weather...The foliage in general characteristics is the same, but is larger and deeper in color.

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A WONDERFUL NEW PINK ROSE Florex TO BE DISSEMINATED IN 1927
THE parentage of this new Rose is Premier X Mme. Butterfly, and the seedling was originated in 1921 by William A. Geiger, of the Florex Gardens. Since that time, this Rose has been carefully and continually observed by us. It is being disseminated because we know that Florex has unusual and unquestioned merit. In color, Florex is difficult to describe — it really must be seen to be appreciated. It is a bright coral-salmon, suffused with orange-carmine, and this brilliant color is firmly established under all weather conditions; in fact, too much cannot be said of its wonderful color. Florex is a very strong, vigorous, upright grower, with absolutely no blind wood. It breaks long enough from a cut to make pinching unnecessary. The foliage is a glossy green, very abundant, and mildew-proof. Florex is very fragrant. The bud is long and pointed, with a high center, and every flower opens perfectly. Florex bears no deformed or imperfect flowers. Its lasting qualities are superior to any of the present-day varieties, and it ships well, without bruising. Shall I grow all Briarcliff? is the question one must answer now, as the popularity of Briarcliff is unquestioned and it is an easy grower and the markets will be full of it. Florex is not the same color. It is a new color in commercial roses. Florex needs careful cutting as the petalage is not heavy, and yet the petals are large and the texture is such that it is a wonderful keeping Rose when open.
The Production Will Be Good for a High-Class Rose
Besides the planting at the Florex Gardens, North Wales, Pa., there are also 30,000 plants at our greenhouses, and Florex can be seen growing at either place. Florex is being jointly disseminated by the Florex Gardens and ourselves. The Florex Gardens are selling grafting scions only while we are selling grafted plants.

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Killarney. The most popular forcing Rose that has ever been introduced, and without doubt the most profitable Rose ever grown. It is too well known to need description. 

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Killarney Queen. (Budlong)  A cerise pink sport of Killarney that for clearness and brightness of color has not been equalled. Exceptionally strong in growth, with foliage that is perfect, being larger than Killarney and more glossy. In size of petals Killarney Queen is larger than its parent, and for high-grade bloom it is a very superior variety. (See illustration, front cover.) Killarney Queen stands in a class by itself as the grandest Rose that has ever been offered. From the standpoint of production it is nearly the equal of Killarney, and individual plants have carried at one time six blooms of exhibition quality with three foot stems on single growths. We are giving Killarney Queen the front cover of our catalogue, and believe it worthy of first consideration by the Rose lovers of the country. 

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Mrs. Taft (Antoine Rivoire)  For Summer blooming this variety is a general favorite wherever grown. Its beautifully formed shell-pink bloom, backed by handsome glossy foliage, make it very popular as the variety becomes known. Under a misapprehension, owing to a mistaken identification, this variety was sold last year as Prince de Bulgarie. Our stock is larger, and our predictions have been fulfilled, for the Rose has become one of the most called for varieties of commerce. 

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White Killarney. (Waban Strain)  White Killarney has most successfully advertised itself. Like its parent, the pink Killarney, it has become one of the most popular Roses grown to-day. As an all the year round white it has no equal. It has proved all that its best friends ever claimed for it, both in quality and productiveness. It was a standard from the first.