Now Available! – Spring 2013 Edition of Rose Exhibitors' Forum
The Spring 2013 issue of Rose Exhibitors' Forum is available in the Members Only area of the ARS website .
You will need the password to access the latest issue. It is found on the Departments page of your May/June 2013 American Rose magazine.
Edited by Robert B. Martin Jr., Rose Exhibitors’ Forum is a quarterly bulletin of the American Rose Society that reports results of official ARS rose shows and publishes informative articles of interest to rose exhibitors. This current issue consisting of 86 pages presents the results of the recently conducted Exhibitor Garden Survey which received 63 responses. The article also includes photos of 27 of the gardens. In addition, the issue announces the winners of the 2013 Hedrick Award and presents memorial articles on five top exhibitors who passed away in 2012.
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Horizon Roses 2012
Horizon Roses, published annually for nearly 40 years, is a compilation of comments by the nation's top rose exhibitors on the exhibition potential of the newest hybrid teas, floribundas, miniflora and miniature roses. For most exhibitors, it has long been considered the indispensible guide to buying new show roses.
Horizon Roses 2012 contains a record 2,410 reports by 93 reporters from 31 different states on the exhibition potential of 323 roses introduced in the last five years. The reports include 66 new roses not mentioned in prior issues. All comments are candid and reported in the words of the reporter. Supplementing the comments are photographs of 136 roses on which multiple comments were received. The reports are set forth alphabetically and include statistics of the current show results of the reported varieties. In addition, information is provided on known sources for the reviewed varieties.
Horizon Roses is produced entirely by volunteers under the direction of Bob Martin, National Editor and nine regional editors. The regional editors solicit and compile the comments from selected top exhibitors in their region and forward them for final compilation.
In order to accommodate the increased number of reports and the color photographs, the 2012 edition of Horizon Roses will be published only in electronic formats. This also saves printing and postage, and provides flexibility in the layout. I expect some will lament the loss of the classic mailer - I lament it myself considering that I have a complete collection. But for those who must have a printed copy, the issue is formatted in such a way that you can print it out yourself - albeit on normal letter-size paper.
Reporters who have contributed to Horizon Roses will shortly receive by email a "thank you" gift in the form of a PDF version of Horizon Roses 2012 for their own use and reference. Those who desire to read it on their Kindle or Kindle App on their iPads, iPhone or other device can order it from Amazon.com here. It is also being published in all other electronic formats at Smashwords.com here.
I express my personal gratitude to the 93 reporters who have made this the biggest and best edition of Horizon Roses ever.
Bob Martin, National Editor
Horizon Roses Helps American Rose Society
As explained below, Horizon Roses 2012 is now available only in electronic formats. The reasons for the change were compelling, including the ability to add pictures, accommodate the increased number of reporters, and savings on postage and printing.
With costs reduced, the Editors of Horizon Roses concluded that there was no continuing need for the Horizon funds that had been accumulated from past sales and held to fund the printing of further editions.
In the past Horizons had followed the policy of contributing excess funds to the American Rose Center. We therefore asked Executive Director Jeff Ware and in-coming ARS President, Jolene Adams to advise on what might be needed at the American Rose Center. As reported elsewhere, the lawn mower at the American Rose Center had been stolen. The insurance proceeds did not cover the cost of its replacement; in fact ARS needed at least $3,500 to do that. The Editors therefore made the decision to contribute the excess Horizon funds of $4,211.82 to complete the purchase of the lawn mower. A letter from Jeff Ware thanking Horizon Roses can be seen here. All those who have contributed to Horizon Roses in the past, including its editors, reporters and those who have purchased past editions have helped to make this happen. The ARS thanks you.
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