This is the rose show weblog. In it, I will attempt to follow the highlights of the show season with information on upcoming shows, show results, new show roses and whatever else comes to mind about showing roses. I have not enabled comments but if you have any, please feel free to write me at petrose@aol.com and I will publish those that appear useful. Also, if you've a mind to propose a guest blog entry, send it to me and I may add it.
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ARS Announces "Exhibitors' Quarterly"
From ARS & YOU
American Rose Society newsletter - July 2010:
ARS PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
The American Rose Society has always supported rose exhibiting. We will continue to do so as rose shows are one of our prime tools to educate our
members, non-members and the public. Seeing a wide array of rose varieties at their peak of cultural perfection at a rose show…
"Exhibitors' Quarterly" Debuts
Exhibitors' Quarterly, a publication of the American Rose Society (not to be confused with Rose Exhibitors' Quarterly, the publication of the American Rose Exhibitors Society) has debuted under the editorship of Louise Coleman with the Fall 2010 issue. The welcome message from Louise describing her plans is below. Click here to download a copy of the issue
600,000 Visitors
For those curious about such things, RoseShow.com was launched on April 18, 2001. That seems like yesterday because I remember so well sending it up and then sharing it with some friends. Since then I have tried to remember to note the anniversary and to report the total number of visitors to the site. This year, the anniversary nearly got away from me with…
Rosa spinosissima repens
The report of the results of the Santa Clara County RS show on April 25 brought with it a notation that the winner of the Genesis class, rosa spinosissima repens, shown by Barbara Gordon, had won best in show. This struck me as remarkable for several reasons, first because it was the first recorded trophy by this rose in my results, and second because it is…
Expanding Show Results
I received an e-mail message from Suzanne Horn that she has authorized me to post in full:
Dear Bob,
I received a congratulatory email from George Mander yesterday after he read the results from the Pacific show on Roseshow.com. He noted I won 11 trophies when in fact I actually won 17 trophies. As always, Roseshow.com does not list complete results,…
Some Firsts at Shreveport
Studying the results of the recent spring national rose show in Shreveport, I noted a number of firsts, some significant and others - well maybe I look at things a little too closely.
As noted in my previous, the seven national trophies won by Satish & Vijaya Prabhu was a first - an extraordinary one.
Don & Paula Adlong of Conway, AR recorded their first…
Prabhu Rolls a Seven
The show results from the spring national in Shreveport are in [click here] and the immediate big story is that Satish & Vijaya Prabhu of Columbia, SC won seven - count 'em SEVEN - national trophies. Hastening to the record books to determine if this is a record, I report that it is, indeed, a record - the most ever won by one exhibitor or team at a single…
Home from the PSW District Show
We just got home from the Pacific Southwest District Convention in Tucson. Hosted by the Rose Society of Tucson, it was a well-done, well-attended convention that featured a huge and beautiful rose show on Saturday. Leading the list of winners was Bob & Kitty Belendez who took home the ARS national traveling trophy, the M. S. Hershey Bowl and their fourth…
Rose Society of Glendale Leads Off
The first rose show of the season was staged on April 3 in Glendale, AZ by the Rose Society of Glendale. The standard show report is here. The city of Glendale, incidentally, is located on the west side of Phoenix with a population of over 250,000 and is the actual home of the NFL's Arizona Cardinals. The rose society is relatively small but has many…
The Middle of the Night
As you can see from the date stamp it is the middle of the night. The middle of the night is familiar territory for a rose exhibitor. With the advent of the 2010 show season, I've been meaning to get to this project of launching a blog. Since the middle of the night is a fine time to be off to the show, it is also a good time to get this blog underway.
The…