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Re: disease-resistant roses

Please send me this list.  I have q few roses and the number is growing.  
I have found some to be very easy to grow and others are more prone to 
problems.  Perhaps one of the best in terms of desease resistance here in 
zone 5 in my climate is The Fairy.  Even the japanese beetles leave it alone.
Seafoam and red meideland are clse seconds.

Denise Leonard
Tanstaafl Farm
Greenfield, MA
dal@shaysnet.com


On Thu, 5 Mar 1998, Mary C. Weaver wrote:

> Dear list-members:
> 
> Some of you will recall that I've been researching and putting together a 
> list of disease-resistant rose cultivars. I realize all of the caveats 
> associated with such a list: it depends on what climate you're growing 
> roses in, what kind of season you're having, whether the plants are 
> healthy, where they're planted, and so on.
> 
> Bearing all that in mind, I've talked to numerous people by phone or 
> e-mail and studied the rose literature as well as what little scientific 
> research I could get my hands on. I've now come up with a list of just 
> over 100 cultivars, both old and new, that I believe to have 
> better-than-average disease resistance in most areas of the country, 
> assuming the plants are healthy and receiving correct cultural care.
> 
> Here, too, there are exceptions: for example, rugosas that are ironclad 
> everywhere except in rust-prone climates. Also--I make no assumption that 
> any given rose can be grown without spraying, although some roses in some 
> parts of the country can. Less spartan roses in challenging climates 
> (e.g., 50 inches or more of rain a year and long, warm, wet summers--a 
> perfect prescription for blackspot) will not fare as well.
> 
> I would love to get your feedback on the list. Some of you have helped me 
> build it with your previous suggestions. I can post the list if people 
> wish; it is quite long. Or I can e-mail it privately. I will e-mail it to 
> anyone who asks and post it to the list if people seem to want it posted.
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help.
> 
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> Mary C. Weaver
> Freelance writer and editor:
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