Adam, Bill Devore was the guy that made it happen. When I told him I would take ANY Ralph Moore rose he could get, I did not expect the number to go from 70 or so, to over 200! I am grateful to him for that. The price was right, and I could have never done it without him. It is a pain to buy roses in Florida. A lot of them come from Ca. soooo it is hit or miss.
Andrew hopefully they all grow nicely for you. Maybe in the future you will know them well enough to maybe write a good retrospective of his work. Ralph certainly did some amazing work. If I had to rank rose hybridizers by their work I think that after reviewing everything and what their work means for the future I think Ralph would probably take the top spot and if not he would be in the top three almost certainly.
Sat, Aug 28, 10 at 18:38
(My local nursery manager told me that K-Mart was fined $10K for selling cloned Knock out roses, the patent is good for 20 years! From garden web.) Permanent buyers in the far east.
My guess is one dollar each. They still made a killing and will do it again. Red army wallboard bus. judgement of 1/4 mil. ignored. Home owners given coupon of little worth for compensation. I rebelled long ago and now look to craigslist. Two out of three had virus and all three do not grow from this year buy from Fred---- just crap.