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THE CANADIAN ROSE ANNUAL 2003 Doreen Stanton EDITOR Publishedby The Canadian Rose Society P.O. Box 41262 4141 DixieRoad Mississauga, Ont.L4W5C9 www..mirror.org/groups/crs/ email [email protected] ISSN0826-743X EDITOR'SNOTEBOOK On page 51 you will find the news from the WFRS Convention written by Ethel Freeman. I will add for myself that I was there too, participating in the lectures and meetings. My best news is that we have four, I hope, new writers for next year with subjects thatwillbeofinterest. For this year, we have two long articles on newly established rose gardens, at least one of which hopes to become a nursery, hybridizing and selling new Canadian introductions. The second garden is trying to become a sort of living museum of Canadian roses. Read them through and ifyou have information on Canadian roses or plants of Canadian roses that they might be looking for, get in touch with themdirectly orthrough the Editoror the Secretary. We'll be happy to pass along any information you have. This yearhas seen theloss ofsome greatrosariansboth in ourown country and abroad. Some ofyou have alreadyheardofthe death ofGraham Stuart Thomas and an obituaryfrom thejournalof the Royal Horticultural Society appears later in these pages. Three ofourown, Betty Budd, RobertErskine andEvelynFallis have also diedthis year. Art Drysdale has written us a well-researched if controversial article on pesticides. Increasingly, I find myself at odds with people who tell mehowbadpesticides are with almost no scientific support for their arguments and they talk about chemicals as thoughthey weresomeinventionofthedevil. AllIcanremember was my introduction to chemistry when the teacher said that all life is chemicals and thateach ofus littlehumans was made up ofafew cents worthofchemicals andalotofwater. More andmore asIread about research into various food items and other everyday chemicals, I return to the principle of "moderation in all things". Water itself is a chemical (H20) and too much of it will kill you. Surprise!! An excess ofchocolate, a much more complex chemical and the delight ofmanypeople andrecently found tobe good forus humans, willkill adog. Andwhen will thesethingsbebanned? The Clearing House is a little smaller than usual because George Shewchuk, one of our most enthusiastic contributors, has had to give up his garden. George, Richard Chambers has commented how much he will miss you and so will the rest ofus. Richard also pleads for people to contribute to the Clearing House while Ross Linton in his article calls contributors our Canadian test gardens. Ifyou think about it, establishing any kind ofa test garden in this wonderfully expansive and diverse country of ours would need at least one garden in each province. And do you know a millionaire with that kind ofmoney? Introduce us, puhl-e-e-e-ease!! 2 In the meantime, let me add how important even one or two reports on new roses from people in every province is to all ofus and how easy itis to do. Take apencil and theforms enclosedto yourgarden thenexttimeyougoouttoadmireyourhandiwork. As always, I mustpoint outthe excellence and help ofmy proofreaders, Richard Chambers, Ethel Freeman, Anne Graber, Judith Roback, and Philip Webster. Ethel Freeman acts as my mentor when she is not proofreading, as does Anne Graber, providingmewithvaluableleadstopeoplewho willwriteforus and better ways to achieve our ends. To our printer, Steve Bass, who keeps improving the Annual through technology while charging us littleorno morefortheresult, avoteofmostheartythanks. Icannot leave this paragraph ofcongratulations withoutpointing outthat Dr. David RichardsonofSt. Mary's University and compilerof"Recent Literature on Rose Research" picked up Malcolm Manners' article onDNAstudiesinlastyear's Annual and said "fineillustrations and an easily-understood explanation of molecular biology" and we all hadahandinmakingDr. Mannerslookthatgood! Finally, you will notice on page 32, a report of a new committee who were constituted to revitalize this Society. Our membership is declining and we badly need help to improve ourselves. Weneedtoreach outto morepeople across thevastmiles of this country, convincing them that growing roses is a delightful and rewarding hobby and that joining their efforts with those of other like-minded people will make it even more so. Even well- known hybridizers complain that convincing people of the joys of rose growing is strangely frustrating. Perhaps we all need to take lessons fromthe people who promote fastfood androckmusic. Our productisnotonlymorebeautiful; itisbetterforyou. oreen ^Stanton 3 — — ———— 111 CONTENTS EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK—DoreenStanton 2 PATRONS, OFFICERS ANDDIRECTORS 6 PRESIDENTS OFTHECANADIANROSE 9 SOCIETY C. R. S. DEMONSTRATIONGARDENS 10 CANADIANPUBLICROSEGARDENS 12 C. R. S.SUSTAININGMEMBERS—2003 20 C.R. S. ACCREDITEDJUDGES 2 ROSECONSULTANTS 22 MESSAGEFROMTHEPRESIDENT 26 ONEYEARFORECAST 29 INMEMORIAM 31 MINUTESOFTHE2002ANNUALMEETING 39 FINANCIALSTATEMENT 44 2003 NATIONALSHOW HelmutSchleicher 46 NEWSFROMTHE 13thWORLDFEDERATIONOF 50 ROSESOCIETIES CONVENTION EthelFreeman ROSES INTHEEARLYYEARS LarrySherk 5 ONGOINGRESEARCHINWINTER-HARDY 60 ROSES Dr. NevilleandCatherineArnold LANGFORDROSEGARDENS EdwardOzogA 65 MarkDisero GRANDRIVERHOSPITALFREEPORTHEALTH 70 CARECENTREROSEGARDEN GeorgeBlyth CANADIAN ROSESOCIETYSLIDELIBRARY— 7 RossLinton 4 —— — GETTINGTOTHEBOTTOMLINEONBLACK 72 SPOTDISEASEINHARDYGARDENROSES— CampbellDavidson etal ROSES ANDPESTICIDES—WHEREAREWE 74 HEADED? ArtC Diysdale INPRAISEOFTHECANADIANROSESOCIETY 81 ANNUAL RossLinton JOSEPHINEBONAPARTE -THEWOMANAND 87 HERPASSIONS— HelgaBrichet APERIPATETICROSARIAN 94 DavidH. S. Richardson RECENTLITERATUREONROSERESEARCH— 97 DavidH. S. Richardson THECLEARINGHOUSE— 107 RichardChambers 5 THE CANADIANROSESOCIETY CHIEFPATRONS HerExcellencytheRightHonourableAdrienneClarkson C.C., C.M.M.,C.D. GovernorGeneralofCanada His ExcellencyJohnRalstonSaul, C.C. PRESIDENTEd'HONNEUR SonExcellencelatreshonorableAdrienneClarkson C.C. C.M.M.,C. D. GouverneuregenerateduCanada SonExcellenceJohnRalstonSaul, C. C. PATRONS Dr. & Mrs. J. H. Baillie JudgeMiltonCadsby Mr. KeithLaver Mr. SamMcGredyIV Mrs. AudreyMeiklejohn Dr. FelicitasJ. Svejda HONOURARYPRESIDENT Mrs. AudreyMeiklejohn HONOURARYVICE-PRESIDENTS Mr. WilliamDunn Mrs. ClaireFinch Mrs. AnneGraber Mr. PaulGraber Mr. Ross B. Linton Mr. PhilipG. Webster HONOURARYDIRECTORS Mr. James Anderson Mrs. MaryBaillie Mrs. BettyBiddulph Mrs. JanethCooper Mrs. ViolaHeaslip Dr. LeslieLaking Mrs. JuneLaver Mr. C. Denis Yeomans 6 OFFICERS PASTPRESIDENT Elizabeth Schleicher PRESIDENT GeorgePagowski VICE-PRESIDENT Doreen Stanton TREASURER Marion Dorosh 9TarltonRoad, Toronto, Ontario,M5P2M5 EXECUTIVESECRETARY MariePearson, 3272ValmarieAvenue, Mississauga, OntarioL5C2L8 BOARDOFDIRECTORS RonaldBishop JanetMcKinlay MarionDorosh GeorgePagowski RachelFlood MariePearson EthelFreeman LarrySherk JohnMcLean DoreenStanton AUDITOR WayneKinahan, C.A. 20Fifteenth Street, Toronto, Ontario M8V 3J4 7 REGIONAL DIRECTORS WilliamA. Archibald, 12 HeritageCourt, PrinceAlbert, Sask. S6V 8E1 306-922-2528 John Beedle, 104-20GrangeDrive, St. Albert, Alta. T8N6J1 780-459-6960 BettyE. Biddulph, 39BathgateBay, Winnipeg, Man. R3T0L3 204-284-6541 GeorgeBlyth,408-65 WestmountRd. N., Waterloo,Ont. N2L5G6 519-886-6335 AudreyBrisbane, 1146LucilleDr., BrentwoodBay, B.C. V8M 1H6 250-652-4071 Ralph S. Bullough, R.R.#14, ThunderBay, Ont.P7B 5E5 807-767-2331 Iris Chambers, R.R.#2,Box5,Jedore, OysterPonds, Halifax, N.S., B0J 1W0 902-889-9275 BradJalbert, 22771 38 Ave., Langley,B.C. V2Z2G9 604-530-5786 ClaireLaberge,4847desErables, Montreal,Quebec H2H2E3 514-524-1652 RobertOsborne, CornHillNursery, 2700Route890, CornHill, N.B.E4Z 1M2 506-756-3635 EileenM. Ouellette, 19 Brasd'OrAvenue, PointeClaire, QuebecH9R 1W5 514-695-4796 StephenRaven, 8 EscallierPlace, St. Albert, Alberta. T8N5T1 780-458-5390 Jean Shack, 335 BeachwoodAve., London, Ont. N6J 3J6 519-472-7853 LindaTrim, 215 LynnwoodDrive S.E., Calgary, AlbertaT2C0T1 403-279-4292 Dr. PatrickWhite,4291 GordonHeadRd, Victoria, B.C. V8N3Y4. 250-592-6640 JanetA. Wood, 7084BlenheimStreet, Vancouver, B.C. V6N 1R9 604-263-8700 8