FOOD FOR THOUGHT ON ROSE SHOWS

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I love rose shows. It is an educational tool to show the public that the rose is truly the Queen of Flowers.  But here is an interesting quote that is food for thought for rose societies for their rose shows:

"Rose shows are held to test cultivation, as to who can grow the best roses, rather than decorative powers, as to who can show them the best.  A large advantage is held, as it is, by those who are gifted in the power of display... but if all the merit were in the showing there would be small encouragement for the cultivator in his yearly round of work."
                                                                     Rev. A. Foster-Melliar,
                                                                     The Book of the Rose (1894)

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