Rose Herald, Kennewick–Pasco–Richland, Washington January 2018, Vol. 53, No. 1

Tri-City Rose Society owt.com/rosesociety

PNW District Rose Society pnwdistrict.org/

American Rose Society www.rose.org

The Tri-City Rose Society is a non-profit educational organization affiliated with the American Rose Society. We encourage our TCRS members to join the ARS. You can also check out an e-membership, trial mem-bership, yearly or lifetime memberships. To join-or-renew membership Click Here.

Next Meeting January 22, 2018

7:00 P.M. Benton PUD

Kennewick, Washington

“Fragrant Roses” By Harlow Young

In This Issue President’s Message p 1 October 23, 2017 Minutes p 2 by TCRS Secretary, Katie Henderson

TCRS 2018 Membership p 2 Katie Henderson—News & Dues

Thank you, Jim & Dorothy Cambell p 3

Fall Convention Report & More p 4-5 by JoAnn Brehm

Flip It! - A Composting Twist p 6 by Jo Angelos

January Rose Garden p 7 by Norma Boswell

Rose Whisperer pp 8-9 Moss Roses by Harlow Young

Join ARS p 9 Small preview Nov/Dec issue by Jo Angelos

Officers, CR’s, MR’s & p 10 Other Helpers & Show Sponsors

It is incredible to realize that this year, I believe, starts the 70th year of the Tri- City Rose Society, If that is true, then the Society and I were born in the same year! Roses have come and gone, and new varieties come along that tempt us to include them in our gardens, but we’re still alive and well.

The Executive Committee has met a couple of times in the interim since we closed out the 2017 season in October. Our interest for this year is to provide interesting and pertinent information each month regarding rose culture that you can take home to your gar-dens to grow great roses. We’ll be starting the season with a PowerPoint presentation on “Fragrant Roses” in our January meeting. I’m actually working on it as I’m typing this President’s message, only because I can’t find a single good presentation on-line that fits our particular growing area. I’ll have some hand-outs for everyone, one that coincides with the presentation, and another which describes some of the “chemistry” or substance of rose fragrance. I hope that this stimu-lates you to make sure that you make it a definite point to attend this meeting. We have a Calendar of Meetings for the year that you’ll find in this issue. For example, February’s meetings will be focused on “Chemical Safety,” knowing that all of us use different kinds of in-sect and disease controls to enhance or preserve the best in our roses...so we’d like everyone to put this on your calendar for next month. And, all our resident Consulting Rosarians will be able to get “Continuing Education“ credits to maintain their CR credentials!

Some of the other meeting themes will be: New roses available from the local nurseries, Gardening and rose care tools, Preparing Roses for the annual Rose Show which will be in June this year, Summer Garden tours in June through August, and two fall programs, one of which will be our annual end-of-year banquet.

We’re excited for this to be a productive year for our Roses!

Harlow Young

President’s Message

Rose Herald

‘Nippy Hips’ (on left) a 2014 American Rose Society Photo Contest Winner submitted by Harlow

Young. This and other winning photos can be viewed on the ARS website—linked on the right. You don’t have to be a member to enjoy the beautiful photos and other

interesting resources. Check it out!

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TCRS October 23, 2017 Minutes By Katie Henderson, Secretary

Vice President Jim Campbell called the Tri-City Rose Society meeting to order on October 23, 2017 at the Benton PUD Building in Kennewick, Washington. There were 19 members and 3 non-members in attendance. Potluck food and a special cake for Jim and Dorothy Campbell were enjoyed by all! Jim introduced the guest speakers for the meeting, Scott and Pamela Woodward. Scott and Pamela shared their 400 mile cycling adventure through Cuba. Scott and Pamela look for places that they feel are going to change that they would like to visit before they do change. This is the reason they chose Cuba. Their trip to Cuba took place about a year ago. Scott and Pamela joined a tour with Brits and Aussies that included a 400 mile cycling ad-venture in the cities and backroads of Cuba for 15 days. Scott started the presentation by giving a brief overview of the history of Cuba. He then went on to show pictures and talk about the specific stops along their tour. A major event, the death of Fidel Castro, took place while they were on their tour. The tour consisted of the following cities: Havana, Bay of Pigs, Clenfuegos, Trinidad, Sancti Spiritus, Bayamo, Sierra Maestra Mts, Santiago de Cuba, Gibara, Camaguey, and Mayajgua. After the presentation had ended, President Harlow Young thanked Scott and Pam for sharing their lovely trip with the group. Harlow then announced the Slate of Officers for the 2018 year. President - Harlow Young Vice President - Richard Kerkof Secretary - Cyndy Sharer Treasurer - Bob Louie The Officers were unanimously approved by the members in attendance. Harlow pointed out a sales table containing rose markers and greeting cards featuring roses. He also mentioned that the TCRS is donating a basket for the PNW District Rose Society Fall Conference. JoAnn Brehm is taking donations for the basket. Once all announcements were complete, a slideshow presentation was played as a tribute to Jim and Dorothy Campbell to thank them for their 40 years of service to the Tri-City Rose Society. (See page 3 for more photos.) Harlow closed the meeting by thanking everyone for coming, reminding them that we will not have another meet-ing for the rest of the calendar year.

As we begin 2018 TCRS we bid a farewell to Katie Henderson as our Secretary. Thank you for your complete and thorough minutes and photos you’ve added to the Rose Herald each month! Long-time member, Cyndy Sharer will step into the Secretary position and next month we will have a complete history of Cyndy along with her first set of minutes. Katie will continue as our Membership Chairperson, FaceBook Manager AND Email Distributor. With this in mind she has provided the following information on TCRS 2018 Membership. Membership dues for the upcoming year are $17 for an individual and $22 for a family. To renew your membership, you will need to mail in a check made out to the Tri-City Rose Society along with the following information: Name Complete mailing address Email address Phone number

"Yes or No" answer to the question "Are you a member of the ARS?"

You can mail your check and information to the following address: Katie Henderson 3611 W 15th Ave, Unit 4 Kennewick, WA 99338 You can also give your membership renewal payment and information to Jolene Angelos at the monthly meetings.

Katie’s Big News! In February Katie

and Joseph will expand our rose family with

the birth of a baby girl! Katie will continue to

help our society in capacities that will keep

her closer to home. We congratulate them

and won’t be offended if “Rose” is not the

chosen name for this bundle of joy. (Even

though she will be our little rosebud!)

Special Thanks to Joann Sayler for all her behind the

scenes efforts that made the potluck go off without a hitch. It was a great time!

Thank you so much.

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As members of the TCRS ended the 2017 year with a potluck dinner we also had the chance to honor Jim and Dorothy Campbell for over 40 years of service to our society and our community! We know they have endured their share of “blood, sweat and tears” throughout this time as we know the pruning jobs—as fundraising efforts for the society, as demonstrations at the gardens, as clean-up efforts for more than you could ever count...yes, we know there was bloodshed! Along with those efforts—many when it was at the 100 degree mark—we know there was sweat! And through the years of losing fellow rosarians, we joined you in some tears. But not all those tears were from sadness. Many of them were from laughing so hard it brought tears...and some when beautiful roses were given to others and joy filled eyes and faces. We Thank You!

Thank You, Jim and Dorothy

Campbell

Photos from our October meeting included the special cake

dedicated to Jim and Dorothy—and their honored guest, son Loren

Campbell (on right).

This was not your ordinary potluck—we were served Prime Rib by Nancy Rousseau!

October meeting photos by Maria Lyczkowski A big thank you to these gals!

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Pacific Northwest District Fall Conference, October 27-29, 2017 It’s one of those events that you think can’t get any better, and then it does! Of course starting out on Friday night with the Arrangement Seminar, we had a blast. Initially an idea of my co-chair from Montana, Jim Sadler, we recruited 3 arrangers (2 experi-enced and one apprentice), who bravely agreed to provide a hands-on arrangement with containers, flowers, and accessories, selected by me and not seen until they had to per-form for the attendees of the seminar! Items available were: 6 containers (2 of each kind), dried material, fresh plant material, roses, battery operated mini lights, and other materi-als. While the arrangers were furiously cutting and clipping, Judy Fleck, a long-time award winning arranger and apprentice arrangement judge, presented ‘Mechanics for Miniatures’ with examples and worksheet. To augment the miniature arrangement discussion by Judy, Jim had prepared 3 dried arrangements for display and discussion.

And the winners were—Everyone! Three different arrangers and three different looks, using the same material provided.

Make your own CHEAP Arrangement Containers! I learned that Pinterest is a friend when it comes to ideas for making DIY con-tainers on the cheap. For the seminar I took clear glass cylinder vases, spray paint, and rubber bands to create interesting designs on them. Just a few dollars! Or you can buy something like these in the store for a lot more!

The PNWD Fall Conference & Other News By JoAnn Brehm, Master Rosarian, District Arrangement Co-chair

Dried Miniature Rose

Arrangements by Jim Sadler (Greta J

Feinauer Hixon@facebook

Nov 1)

Arrangements by Keith Ripley (Tacoma,) Char Muschler (Salem, on right) Jim Sadler (Montana.)

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Is it too Early to think about the 2018 Rose Show? Of course not. This year we will concentrate on two fundraisers for the show, the bouquets (below) we make up with those flowers not at their peak for the show (although absolutely gorgeous), and the photo cards (right).

Each year at the PNW District Fall Conference the Silent and Basket Auctions are favorites of mine. I got so excited about people bidding on the ‘Hummingbird in Motion’ object d'art we donated that I forgot to get an updated photo of our basket we gave, so I only have an early version shown at our Octo-ber meeting. Much more was added to this including two wines, for a total of about $200. Also for purchase were PNWD photo contest winners provided in frames by Harlow Young.

Please take your cameras or smart phones and snap roses and other garden flowers even now! This one I took on Christmas day after it had snowed the night before on ‘Ketchup & MustardTM.’ Who would have imagined that this rose in a pot and close to the house would be such a beauty with everything else in the garden pretty much desiccated due to the cold! We can use your one-of-a-kind shots for this year’s photo cards!

Get clicking!

Timing is everything!

The next day, I found most interesting the talk by Rich Baer on Rose Midge in the rose garden. He noticed something curious happening in local rose gardens and took the journey to find the problem. It was Rose Midge, an insect that has now been identified in the Pacific Northwest. I looked this insect up on Oregon State University webpage (htpp://oregonstate.edu/dept/nurspest/ rosemidge.htm) and here are some important facts and photos from that site. • In 2004, the first damage of the season was reported on April 13 at the International Rose Test Garden (IRTG) in Portland, Oregon. Rose midge damage tends to increase through the season. Sampling of new shoots during the 2004 season showed two peaks of damage: in late June/early July and late August/early September. • Cultural control - Rose midge may be moving into new sites/plantings via infested plants, particularly the difficult to detect larval/ pupal stage in the soil. One method to reduce the risk of introduction of this pest is to buy bare root roses or to discard the soil and rinse the roots of plants brought in from infested sites. There is anecdotal evidence that removing the mulch at the end of the growing season in the late fall and replacing with fresh mulch may remove the overwintering stage of the midge which generally is in the top 1-2" of the soil. It may be worth checking your garden out as season goes along, just to make sure you don’t have it. If you do, take steps to control and prevent its further spread. Please go to the web site identified above for more information and photos of Rose Midge damage.

Pacific Northwest District Fall Conference Report & More continued

December 25th January 12th

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Two Questions: On a scale of 1 to 10 where do you put your knowledge of “Composting?” and “On that same scale, if you are not an active composter right now—what are the chances you would give it a try?” In a March, 2013 Rose Herald article, I gave some examples of compost bins and provided the list of vari-ous Carbon (Brown) Materials and Nitrogen (Green) Materials a person can use to create the ultimate “black gold” compost to enrich the soils of their landscape. https://www.owt.com/rosesociety/RH_Mar2013.pdf I must admit researching that article inspired me to “compost” and since then, throwing any viable scrap into the garbage makes me cringe. The worms I acquired from Cin-dy Morris and her classroom helpers at our May, 2017 meeting have given me a place for quick and easy access with my morning ba-nana or orange peel but I’m limited to the small container, since I haven’t expanded their home yet (my Springtime project) https://www.owt.com/rosesociety/TCRS_May2017.pdf. If this article does nothing else but make a few readers take notice every time they toss their veggie peels—I will consider it a “win”- awareness is the first step to any change. Take a look at some of these statistics! “Food scraps make up 25 billion pounds of trash per year in this country—captured energy that could go back into greening the planet,” this is according to https://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/simple-composting-methods-zmaz90jazshe. On the flip side of all the trashed food scraps (black gold) going into our landfills—according to “Blades of glory: American’s love affair with lawns” an article out of The Week “Lawn care is a $40 billion-a-year industry in the U.S….we use 90 million pounds of fertilizer and 78 million pounds of pesticides annually on lawns just to keep them thriving, bright green and bug-free.” The article continues, ”Fertilizers contain high levels of phos-phorus and nitrogen, which run off into drains during rainstorms, contaminating drinking water, leaching into rivers and streams, and causing ecological havoc. Pesticides and herbicides, too, which are used by homeowners in ever-increasing quantities, find their way into the air and soil.” http://theweek.com/articles/483762/blades-glory-americas-love-affair-lawns. Those are staggering numbers and one by one we have the opportunity to start the “flip.” I realize everyone may not have a big garden area, space for a compost bin, time in the summer to make sure it has sufficient moisture and air for optimal decomposition or even more important—a desire to give it a try. The Big Flip... Instead of a bin, pile or numerous composting tools—with these methods all you need is a shovel! While there are different names to the process—trench composting, direct composting and dig and drop composting—all of these just require an area of your garden to dig up the soil and distribute the organic waste, cover with garden soil and let the decomposing process begin! How easy is that? https://dengarden.com/gardening/Compost-Holes-A-Cheap-Easy-Way-to-Enrich-Your-Soil Dig and Drop composting is a good solution for the busy gardener because you don't have to worry about maintaining and harvesting the compost from a bin or pile. The holes can be 8-12 inches deep (this depth helps to insure they won’t be dug up by other garden visitors) and as wide as your garden allows, so it isn’t interfering with any roots of your plantings. Direct composting can give your soil a very quick pop of nutrients just before planting, or throughout the growing season. The organic matter breaks down right in the garden, and the resulting compost enriches the soil and provides nutrients to nearby plants. Not to mention the nutrients you are providing for the existing worm population (which will grow as you provide this additional food source.) This way, you don't have to worry about digging large holes--a small hole will accommodate all of the food scraps produced by an average family over the course of a day. Water and heat are two major components for decomposing organic materials. With optimal conditions, your compost turns to “black gold” in about six weeks. “Organic kitchen scraps, such as fruits and vegetables (cooked or raw), are the best materials to use with direct composting because they break down very quickly. Grass clippings, leaves, wood chips, newspaper, and organic yard debris can be used as well, but should be shredded or chopped up as finely as possible to quicken the decomposition rate.” https://www.thespruce.com/easy-composting-dig-and-drop-method-2539477. Several articles mentioned banana and orange peels cut into small pieces and buried one to two inches deep would repel aphids—what rose gardener wouldn’t love that! Our “direct composted” soil built up in an area of your garden can be put on lawns—instead of fertilizer. Egg shells have a tendency to take longer to decompose. A couple of tips to speed the process—dry the shells on a cookie rack for a day or two (even in the oven for a few minutes) to make them crush easier. Also, if you want them even more fine—pulverize them in a blender. This gives you all the calcium and nutrients of egg shells and makes it easy to work in the soil close to plants. One step at a time and little by little food scraps can end up in your garden. https://food52.com/blog/13037-4-kitchen-scraps-to-use-in-the-garden-

even-if-you-don-t-compost. It is my desire with this article to get each reader to become very aware of the table scraps, newspapers, coffee grounds and filters and even the grass clippings and leaves that are loaded into black garbage bags and put into the garbage dumpster. Mulching mowers do it all for us—those toppings from the blades of grass compost right back into the soil giving the much needed nitrogen—exactly what our store-bought fertilizers are adding. You might want to start slow and keep a bucket under your sink. When it is full take it out—dig a hole, drop in your items and cover back up. Start the New Year with a “flip”- just give it a try!

Flip It!—A Composting Twist by Jo Angelos

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January 2018 Rose Garden by Norma Boswell, Master Rosarian

PEOPLE WHO LOVE ROSES TEND TO HAVE GENEROUS HEARTS. I was standing at a check stand in Safeway admiring the purchase of the customer ahead of me. The gray-haired gentleman carried two dozen burgundy gerbera daisies and two dozen light pink rose buds. “What gorgeous roses!” I said, giving him a friendly smile. “They’re for my wife,” he explained. Then he added, “I’ll bet you have a bud vase at home that could hold one of these roses.” Before I could reply, he handed me a lovely pink rose bud. “Thank you!” I was touched. Suddenly the aches and pains in my 82-year-old body seemed to disappear. I felt like I was sailing high above the gloomy, wintry chill outside. Such a thoughtful gesture had made the sun break through. WELCOMING THE RAIN To date, the Columbia River Basin has received more than its usual ration of rain. This is wonderful news. It suggests that the roots of our beloved roses will have enough moisture to ensure their survival throughout the challenging days of winter. COVERING ROSE ROOTS “Bundle Up for Winter,” friends, and kindly show the same consideration for your roses. We hu-mans can survive freezing cold with layers of clothing, whereas roses need their roots protected. Retired horticulturist Marianne Ophardt suggests never leaving the soil bare. Keep soil topped with 2-3 inches of quality mulch. If you’ve read the Rose Herald for any length of time, you know our experts advise planting grafted roses (roses budded onto a hardy root stock, not growing on their own roots) with the graft settled about two inches below soil level. Sinking the graft provides the first level of insulation. Two to three inches of mulch add the second level. Last fall we reminded you to remove fallen leaves and rose prunings to the trash, tidying up rose beds before covering the soil to protect rose roots. SAYING NO TO BAGS OF SEWAGE SLUDGE AND WOOD ASHES At a recent Fall Rose Conference, participants were introduced to a product made from sewage sludge and wood ashes. It didn’t smell bad, and it was promoted as a way to make soil more alkaline. It was a clever way of recycling waste material. However, there are at least two reasons to say “No, thank you." First, our desert soil is already too al-kaline (has a high pH) for the best growth of roses. (Rosarians west of the Cascade Mountains tend to have soil that is too acid.) Second, heavy metals remain in sewage sludge. Soil microorganisms would certainly not benefit, and I would not want to use those rose hips for food purposes. SHOPPING AND DREAMING Even if we’re stuck in the house, we can shop and dream online. We can investigate roses, pruning tools and garden gloves available at our favorite local nurseries. Another great place to dream is in the pages of the American Rose magazines—check out “New Rose Introductions” in the September/ October 2018 issue, pp.78-85. ‘At Last,’ pictured here, whets my appetite for this striking apricot orange Floribunda. Not only are its 35-40 petals strongly fragrant, it is said to be so disease resistant that no spraying is required! That sounds per-fect for my no-spray garden. ‘At Last’ will be available locally. Borrow a few ARS magazines from the TCRS library maintained by Michael Rung. We’d love to see you this month—and at many other get-togethers during our exciting year in 2018.

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The Rose Whisperer Moss Roses by Harlow Young, CR

In the Rose Whisperer article of August 2017, I wrote on the history of the Miniature rose. In that article, it was men-tioned that the late Ralph Moore, the “King of Miniatures,” had worked on bringing a unique characteristic called “mossing” into his new miniature rose hybrids. The American Rose Society web site contains some really informative articles titled “The Miniature Moss Rose” by Clara Thompson in which she includes details of Ralph Moore’s development of Miniature Moss roses. One of her articles can be read at https://www.rose.org/rose-care-articles/the-miniature-moss-rose/. I encourage our readers to open this site and follow Ms. Thompson’s well-written articles. Since the August 2017 Rose Whisperer, I have often thought about this trait. I began a search through my library and the internet to learn more about the characteristics and history of Moss roses. It should be noted that the American Rose Society classifies Moss and Climbing Moss roses in the group of “Old Gar-den Roses.” Even though it is classed as an Old Garden Rose, the Moss rose is thought to have originated as a sport of “Centifolia” roses, also an OGR class. John Fisher, in “The Companion to Roses,” defines moss roses as: “Those that have stalks, sepals, and sometimes leaves that carry small globe-shaped glands containing fragrant resinous oils, and the stems of which are noticeably bristly.” Another very technical definition was written by Graham Stuart Thomas: “The stems, branches, petioles, stipules, pedicels, peduncles, and calyx-tubes are densely covered with irregular aciculi and glandular branched bristles, while the sepals are copiously compound and covered on the back and edges with multitudinous branched gland-edged mossy processes, which give off a resinous to balsamic (also described as ‘piney’) odour when bruised… In other words, the Moss Rose differs from the Cabbage Rose (R. centifolia) in its multiplicity of glandular organs… on account of the extension and increased density of the glandular areas … mainly through the multiplicate branching of the gland-bearing organs.” (Parenthetical interruptions are mine. Harlow) After reading these descriptions, I searched to find some pictorial descriptions to illustrate or explain what these were trying to define. In the first two photos below, which I believe is ‘Crested Moss’ (‘Chapeau de Napoleon’) one can see the “multiplicate branching” and the “gland bearing organs” that Thomas described. The third shows the “mossing” on the buds of the rose ‘Treasure Trail.’ The fourth is a bud of ‘Salet,’ a rose registered as a Moss rose.

Pictures are great, but there is nothing more impressive than seeing the mossing up close. My first encounter with a Moss rose was at the Rose Hill garden in Manito Park in Spokane. Its uniqueness made a lasting impression. In the world of roses the moss characteristic is not a new phenomenon. Depending on the published source, it was first documented in the mid 1600’s. Since its earliest discovery, the mossing trait has been treasured by hybridizers to bring into their particular lines of development. Ralph Moore developed a few miniatures with varying degrees of this trait. Among them are ‘Kara,’ ‘Dresden Doll,’ ‘Strawberry Swirl,’ and ‘Lemon Delight.’ None of these are very well known, but some are still available commercially via on-line purchase.

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Rose Whisperer, continued

Finally, regarding moss roses, I’m taking you to the newsletter from Select Roses, a rose nursery in Langley, BC, Canada. The owner, Brad Jalbert, has been active in develop-ing new rose hybrids since about 1990, particularly Hybrid Teas, Floribundas, Shrubs and Miniatures. To date he has offered about 65 new roses to the commercial market. As a judge for both the AARS and AGRS programs, I’ve seen several of his new hybrids in the test gardens in Kennewick. This winter, I spent some time reading the articles on his web site (http://www.selectroses.ca/) and noticed that he has a new miniature moss rose, ‘Coral Reef,’ commercially available. Of this rose Brad says: “’Coral Reef’ is the most heavily mossed miniature rose in the world. Moss minis were first created by Ralph Moore…I met him years ago, and he encouraged me to breed unique and interesting best-in-class roses. I did some work with his moss mini roses and came up with this baby. It is very heavily mossed, and in fact, has more moss than most of its old-rose ancestors in the moss rose family. It has a frilly old-fashioned style flower in rich coral pink.” The following picture of ‘Coral Reef’ is from the Select Rose web site. I did not find it available in any US nursery, so if you’re interested in getting ‘Coral Reef’ for your garden, you’ll have to make a trip up to BC, Canada to Brad’s nursery. But, I think it might be a trip well worth taking! Resources used in this article: 1. 2018 American Rose Society Handbook for Selecting Roses, edited by Don Swanson, multiple pages. 2. http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/plants.php. Researching roses by name and moss attribute. 3. Graham Stuart Thomas, The Graham Stuart Thomas Rose Book, Sagapress Inc./Timber Press, Inc, 1994, pp.323-335. 4. John Fisher, The Companion to Roses, Viking Press, 986, pp.128-136. 5. http://www.selectroses.ca/roses-jalbert/jalbert-miniatures/ 6. Clara Thompson, “The Miniature Moss Rose,” American Rose Society, https://www.rose.org/rose-care-articles/the-miniature-moss-rose/

Every time I think the pages of the American Rose magazine can’t more beautiful and informative—I get the next issue! I’m sorry to say I am not an avid “reader” but the pages of this magazine grip my heart more than any novel. These pages touch every one of my senses, except smell. With a few added scratch and sniff inserts, that would be accommodated, too!! Although you might not think my sense of taste is affected, I have to admit the photos of these roses are every bit as satisfying as a piece of delicate chocolate. This month includes a lot of the history, in story and photo form, of many of the great rose breeders of our time. Above on the Bailey Nurseries and Roses story we are told J.V. Bailey started out with $10 and 15 acres of poor, rocky soil. Join ARS today! You won’t be disappointed! by Jo Angelos

Join ARS and Read All About It!

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President, Harlow Young, CR 3218 W 2nd Ave, Kennewick, WA 99336 (509)735-3481 threegkids@charter.net Vice-President, Education Chair, Richard Kerkof, MR 4002 Meadow View Drive, Pasco, WA 99301 (509)547-1860 rjkerkof@gmail.com Treasurer, Bob Louie, 20 N Jefferson St, Kennewick, WA 99336 (509)531-5727 blouie1@charter.net Secretary, Cyndy Sharer, 2143 Rainier Ave, Richland, WA 99254 (509)375-4246 cl.sharer@gmail.com Facebook Manager, Membership Chair Katie (Dickenson) Henderson, 3611 W 15th Ave Unit 4, Kennewick, WA 99336 (509)521-7551 katiemaedickenson@gmail.com Rose Herald Co-Editor, Norma Boswell, MR 465 Mateo Court, Richland, WA 99354 (509)375-0567 rosybos@owt.com Rose Herald Co-Editor, Jo Angelos, 719 S Yelm Pl, Kennewick, WA 99336 (509)586-0857 angelosfolk@gmail.com

Webmaster, Nancy Foster-Mills, 1537 Adair Dr, Richland, WA 99352 (509)528-9083 nmisc@owt.com and www.owt.com/rosesociety Show Chair, JoAnn Brehm, MR, 1113 Saddle Way, Richland, WA 99352 (509)627-0577 jobrehm@outlook.com TCRS Rose Show Awards Chair, Janet Bryant, (509)627-2687 janetsbliss@hotmail.com Jim Campbell, MR 1307 Maple Lane, W. Richland, WA 99353 (509)967-2606 (NOTE: Dorothy Campbell is also a MR) scotch1943@charter.net

Benton/Franklin PUD

Meetings 7:00 P.M.

January 22, 2018

Fragrant Roses by Harlow Young

February 26, 2018

March 26, 2018

April 23, 2018

May 21, 2018

June 2, 2018 ROSE SHOW

June, July

August Meetings Garden Visits!

The Sponsors for the 2017 Rose Show Schedule contributed $1100 toward the printing costs for the schedule and fee for use of the Community Center! Please support these businesses and be sure to tell them “Thank you” as a member from the Tri-City Rose Society. They are a vital part of the funding for our show—let’s get out there and let them know they are ap-preciated! Click on each link to find them quickly, post a “Thank You” on their Facebook pages or personally thank as you shop. Heritage Nursery and Garden Center 2816 W 27th Ave–Kennewick Heritagelandscaping.com

Pallis Pool & Patio, 201 N Fruitland—Kennewick Pallispool.com

Wood’s Nursery, 2615 Van Giesen—Richland www.woodsnursery.biz

Ranch & Home, 845 N Columbia Center Blvd—Kennewick http://www.ranch-home.com/

Flower Farm, Columbia Center Blvd—Kennewick www.tricitiesflowerfarm.com/

Job’s Nursery, 4072 Columbia River Rd—Pasco www.jobsnursery.com

Mac’s Garden Center, 6711 W Court— Pasco www.facebook.com/Macs-Garden-Center-

Columbia Grain & Feed, 2001 West Lewis St—Pasco www.columbiagrainandfeed.net

Farmer’s Exchange, 215 W Canal Dr—Kennewick www1.mowerhome.com

Washington Hardware, 6 W Kennewick Ave www.washingtonhardwareandfurniture.com

Jesse’s Lawn Maintenance, 6418 W Deschutes Ave—Kennewick www.jesseslawn.com/

B & B Printing—Kennewick & Pasco www.bbprinting.com

Northland Rosarium, 9405 S Williams Lane—Spokane, WA www.northlandrosarium.com

LuLaRoe with Christine Diaz & Jane Cassinelli www.facebook.com/groups/lularoechristinejane/

2017 Winter in the Tri-Cities by Jo Angelos