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The Rose Rustlers (Paperback)
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The Rose Rustlers (Paperback)
Series: Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Service Series
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In The Rose Rustlers, Greg Grant and William C. Welch offer a
personal, in-depth, and entertaining account of some of the great
stories gathered during their years as participants in one of the
most important plant-hunting efforts of the twentieth century-the
quest to save antique roses that disappeared from the market in a
notoriously trend-driven business. By the 1950s, almost
exclusively, modern roses (those with one compact bloom at the top
of a large stem) were grown for the cut-flower market. The large
rounded shrubs and billowy fence climbers known to our grandparents
and great-grandparents in the nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries had been reduced to this rather monotonous single style
of plant. Yet those roses of old still grew, tough and persistent,
in farmyards, cemeteries, vacant lots, and abandoned fields. The
rediscovery of these antiques and the subsequent movement to
conserve them became the mission of "rose rustlers," dedicated
rosarians who studied, sought, cut, and cultivated these hardy
survivors. Here, the authors chronicle their own origins,
adventures, and discoveries as part of a group dubbed the Texas
Rose Rustlers. They present tales of the many efforts that have
helped restore lost roses not only to residential gardens, but also
to commercial and church landscapes in Texas. Their experiences and
friendships with other figures in the heirloom rose world bring an
insider's perspective to the lore of "rustling," the art of
propagation, and the continued fascination with the world's
favorite flower.
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