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recorded the first triumph of the 1984 Olympic Games.
International breeder Sam McGredy of New Zealand has had his
most recent introduction named as the official rose for next
year's Olympic Games in Los Angeles. He struck gold, so to speak
with Olympiad, a brilliant-red hybrid tea, that has also been
given a 1984 award by All-America Rose Selections.
The rose is one of three to be given the AARA award. The
other two are, "Intrigue," a plum-color floribunda, and
"Impatient," a floribunda with rich orange blooms.
Speaking for the Olympic Organizing Committee, Dan
Greenwood announced in Los Angeles last week that the McGredy
entry had taken first place in the Olympic competition, and it
was thereupon named Olympiad.
For the rose, the road to Olympic honors is a long one, as
it is for the athlete. The first of the numerous crosses that
were to result in the winning entry was made by Mr. McGredy back
in 1971.Olympiad's immediate parents are Red Planet and Pharaoh.
Also in its ancestry are other roses of note: Red Devil, Prima
Ballerina, Karl Herbst, and Soeur Theresa.
Henry Field, a nurseyman-well known to Midwest radio
listeners, used to say on his popular broadcasts: "I'm not
particular. I'll take any rose, provided it's red." Red is,
indeed, a popular color, but not necessarily with rose judges,
until Olympiad came alone. It is, in fact, the first true red
rose to receive an AARA award since Mr. Lincoln was so honored 19
years ago.
Olympiad's blooms are a brilliant, clear crimson that
are long lasting-both in the garden and on the cut flower. The
flowers average 4 to 5 inches in diameter and appear either
singly or in small clusters. Stems are long and sturdy making the
flowers ideal for cutting.
The plants average 3 to 5 feet in most localities, and the
judges note that its repeat blooming cycles are enhanced if the
old flowering stems are cut back by at least two-thirds. To
simply remove the old flower head results in inferior rebloom,
while severe cutting results in "excellent quality rebloom,"
according to AARA judges.
Olympiad is Sam McGredy's fourth All-America winner. With
two successes this year, Bill Warriner of Tustin, California,
has notched a remarkable 11 AARA triumphs. Intrigue is a
floribunda with a quite unique coloring. Black-to purple buds
open up to form 3-inch blooms that are a deep-plum color when
fully mature.
Impatient is equally eye-catching, with its bright-orange
flowers. The 3-inch blooms each contain 20 to 25 petals and give
off a mild fragrance. The rose bears prolifically all year long.
Even without flowers, Impatient's mahogany-color new leaves, which
slowly age to deep green, make it an impressive ornamental.
Mr. Warriner obtained Impatient by crossing his well-known
climbing rose, America with an unknown seedling. Despite its
parentage, Impatient displays no tendency to climb.
All three roses will go on sale to the general public in
December.
Meanwhile, they can be seen in any of the All-America Rose
Selections accredited gardens around the country. For a list of
these 121 gardens write to All-America Rose Selections, PO Box
218, Shenandoah.Iowa 51601.
As the official Olympic rose, Olympiad will be featured in
all the public gardens of Los Angeles. In addition, Armstrong
Nurseries of Ontario, Calif., which is introducing the Olympic
rose to North America, has donated 20,000 Olympiads to parks and
gardens throughout the United States.
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