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What list are you refering to when you say the 2009 Rose List supplement? If you mean the list produced by Ron Schwerdt, it is not an official list recognized by the ARS and should not be used by judges in rose shows. If you mean the 2009 Official List of Approved Exhibition Names produced by the ARS, then it should be identical to the MR12 database with the exception of some very new roses.

What rose did you enter that was DQed?

Thanks again for answering me back. Do you think I sould print out the page for each rose from the Modern Rose 12 just in case for next time?

I'm sorry to hear you are having this problem. Your show committee is not doing their job if they don't have even the OL available.

I think I will make a book up with all my roses using the pages from the MR12 online data base. I may even buy the Offical List if the general members are able too.

Thanks again for your help

The small book referred to is ARS Handbook for Selecting Roses. As its editor stated on several occasions, "We need to remember that the primary purpose of the "Handbook for Selecting Roses" is to help the general rose grower in deciding upon roses to purchase and grow. Its primary purpose is not to assist judges and exhibitors. That is the purpose of the Official List of Approved Exhibition Names "AEN". Two entirely different publications, with entirely different purposes". Also, "Judges should not be using the Handbook for Selecting Roses, to decide if a rose is eligible to be shown. It only includes about 10% of all the eligible roses."
After the ARS Board ruled that the Modern Roses 12 online database is an official publication as part of Modern Roses 12. "Since it is always the latest publication, it is the one shows should rely upon. There won't be much difference between it and the 2009 Official List, but there could be." Yet in the short span since the 2009 OL was published; approximately 55 new introductions were added. (See the latest posted Rose List Supplement)
Since MR 12 database is now considered ARS latest publication, it is the one shows should rely upon. The Official List of Approved Exhibition Names "AEN" no longer is ARS latest publication verifying an AEN. The change wouldn’t be so bad, if the database was up to date. At present you’re still required to purchase the 2009 CRL, to find many 2009 rose introductions, and if changes occurred in the 2008 Official List etc. Since January 2009 publication many changes have taken place in the 2009 OL. Missing from the database are approximately 1586 unregistered roses, which ARS has never published any official data. As for the Combined Rose List (CRL) being the only recognized supplement to MR12, like most printed reference material, it also obsolete the day printed.
Staying updated on the latest AEN’s, without Modern Roses 12 and its database publication, is to purchase ARS 2009 Official Rose List of Approved Exhibition Names (AEN), and use it in conjunction with the 2009 Official Rose List Supplement posted monthly. Keep in mind "it is not an official list recognized by the ARS and should not be used by judges in rose shows", It is a reliable supplement to ARS 2009 Official Rose List. Does it really matter to you if ARS sanctions it or not, as long as it contains the latest additions, changes and corrections to registered roses with an AEN? While not official per se, all information it contains is from ARS own publications. If you wish, I can e-mail you monthly lists.
Ron Schwerdt

1. There are usually 300-500 new introductions every year that have not been registered but are listed in the CRL. Those are roses that were not in the 2009 Official List. However, some of them are in the Modern Roses 12 database and all of them will be before too long. Further, most of them are new European and Asian introductions that no one in the U.S. will be growing and showing yet, so their mention is meaningless in this context.

2. This number includes hundreds of "found" roses which are listed under study names or commercial names in the CRL. Since they are not eligible to be shown in any class that gives ARS awards, this number is misleading. Yes, shows can have a class for "found" roses that doesn't give ARS awards, but whether the listings in the CRL are accepted for that show is up to the person writing the show schedule. We intentionally don't include "found" roses in the Official List of Approved Exhibition Names since they don't have AENs.

3. There are some names listed in the CLR that we know are not correct, or that are synonyms for other names and not shown as such in the CRL. I have not attempted a count to know how many, but we know there are some. The CRL accepts the name the nursery uses without doing a great deal of immediate research to see if it is a truly unique variety.

4. It is hard to know whether the 1,586 number was based upon the 2008 OL or the 2009 version. I would guess it was the 2008, since including the 2009 OL data would have been difficult given the publication dates and lead time required. Clearly the 2009 version has many more names than the 2008.

All in all, I think it is misleading to imply that 1,586 names that should be in the 2009 OL are not there. I would bet if the list of 1,586 names was produced, we could eliminate many hundreds of them.

I would also suggest that your supplement, which you continue to push, is missing many of the same unregistered new roses from Europe and Asia, plus having other problems I won't bother to spell out here.

1) Why would you tell rosesnpots to purchase ARS 2009 Official List of Approved Exhibition Names (AEN), without noting it is not considered ARS latest official publication?

2) My published monthly rose lists, only list roses having an (AEN). It makes no sense to list unregistered or "found" roses etc, without AEN’s in the SUPPLEMENT rose lists? It was never indicated, that all roses in the CRL should be in ARS 2009 OL.

3) Is this paragraph correct? To stay up to date on latest AEN’s without spending extra money each year. Is simply purchase the latest ARS Official Rose List of Approved Exhibition Names (AEN), and use it in conjunction with the Rose List Supplement posted monthly. Keep in mind as Phil pointed out, "it is not an official list recognized by the ARS and should not be used by judges in rose shows". Yet in reality, is a very reliable SUPPLEMENT to ARS 2009 Official Rose List. Does it really matter if ARS sanctions it or not, as long as it contains the latest Corrections/Additions/Deletions to roses with an AEN? While not official per se, information contained is from ARS own publications.

4) Why do I publish supplement rose lists? Because without additional cost each year, all Corrections/Additions/Deletions of AEN,s, are available to members on a timely basis. Would you please let the public know when ARS latest publication, ARS 2009 MR 12 database is up to date? Thank You

Ron Schwerdt

1. The Official List is less expensive than Modern Roses and includes virtually every rose someone is likely to exhibit. It is true that some exhibitors who like to exhibit the very latest roses might have one that isn't in the OL, but I didn't feel the person asking the question was in that small group.

2. I mentioned the "found" roses because you quoted the 1,586 figure from the CRL and said they were missing from the database. That implies they all should be there. If you knew the 1,586 included "found" roses that didn't belong in your list or in the OL, why did you mention the number? It was completely misleading.

3. Your list does include some roses not in the OL. However, I do see some errors in your posts. I hope they don't lead to someone being DQed, but it is possible. Judges should not be using your lists, since they are required to use the approved sources listed in the Guidelines.

4. I will let you know when I have managed to enter all the new roses listed in the CRL. As I said previously, almost all of them are from Europe and Asia and some of those are florist roses. It is unlikely anyone will be entering any of them in our shows this year.

By the way, the reason it is taking some time is because I don't just enter name, class and color. I go to nursery websites and try to gather as much data as possible. It has been difficult especially with some of the Japanese websites, since I don't know Japanese and they have nothing more than the name in English. I have been using online translation services to try to get a feel for what they are saying, but it is difficult and time-consuming.

Where the nurseries don't have a website, particularly from India, I have requested a catalogue and will be adding more data when it arrives.

Would you share this list with me like I share my lists with you?

Ron