Archive image from page 5 of Dingee guide to rose culture Dingee guide to rose culture : 1850 1912 dingeeguidetoros19ding_3 Year: 1912 P»MDingee Roses-Sturdy as OaksJ Where and How Dingee Roses are Produced FOR more than sixty years there has been located here, in this beau- tiful little Penn- sylvania town of West Grove, a band of Rose-growers whose skill has be- c o m e so re- nowned that their fame has spread practi- cally to all parts of the globe. They are known nearly everywhere as the 'Dingee Experts.' Their label on Roses is equivalent to the 'sterling' Charles Dingee, the most re
Archive image from page 5 of Dingee guide to rose culture Dingee guide to rose culture : 1850 1912 dingeeguidetoros19ding_3 Year: 1912 P»MDingee Roses-Sturdy as OaksJ Where and How Dingee Roses are Produced FOR more than sixty years there has been located here, in this beau- tiful little Penn- sylvania town of West Grove, a band of Rose-growers whose skill has be- c o m e so re- nowned that their fame has spread practi- cally to all parts of the globe. They are known nearly everywhere as the 'Dingee Experts.' Their label on Roses is equivalent to the 'sterling' Charles Dingee, the most remark- mark of the able, hardy, everblooming Bush h\crh lacc c?! Rose ever grown. 'g' '., t, • versmith. Their deeds in this chosen field of work is their best advertisement. In 185 0, this business was founded by Charles Dingee. To-day Mr. Dingee, hale and hearty, takes pardonable pride in it, as the oldest and leading Rose-growing establish- ment in America. The American people are home-builders and lovers of the beautiful. Roses in the yard and garden or clambering over porch or trellis, or wherever used, are almost as indispensable exterior decorations as the fur- niture of one's home is for the interior. DINGEE ROSES—The very name conjures up visions of thousands of homes all over this land, which have been made more beautiful —aye, more happy and more pleasant—by the millions of the Queen of all Flowers, born here in this establishment, and which have made the world acquainted with this little vil- lage and its Roses. By Roses, we do not mean the poor, weak, 'little slips' grown in 'thumb-pots' which, fortunately, can no longer be sold to the intel- ligent, Rose-loving public, but great, strong, lusty plants, grown by the special methods of the Dingee experts—typical Dingee plants, which thrive and bloom and carry the fullest measure of joy to their fortunate possessors. This book is a distinct departure from any of our previous books, and it is designed to conv
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