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 asparagus server in Damask Rose by Oneida  US $55.00
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 Heirloom sterling silver Damask Rose spoon 1946 US $46.80
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 Damask Rose Sterling Silver Flatware Set from Oneida US $1,150.00
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 DAMASK ROSE ONEIDA STERLING BABY SET FORK AND SPOON US $89.00
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 Oneida Sterling Silver Damask Rose Heirloom Serving Spoon Beautiful US $99.00
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 ONEIDA STERLING MASTER BUTTER DAMASK ROSE NO MONO US $49.95
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 ONEIDA HEIRLOOM STERLING BUTTER SPREADERS DAMASK ROSE US $44.95
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 ONEIDA STERLING PIERCED TABLESPOON DAMASK ROSE NO MON US $119.95
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 ONEIDA HEIRLOOM STERLING TABLESPOON DAMASK ROSE NO MO US $114.95
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 ONEIDA HEIRLOOM STERLING SERVING FORK DAMASK ROSE US $104.95
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 ONEIDA HEIRLOOM STERLING SOUP SPOONS DAMASK ROSE US $69.95
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 2 ONEIDA STERLING CONSOLE CANDLEHOLDERS DAMASK ROSE US $164.95
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 Silver Plate Jr Fork Spoon Set Original Rogers New US $5.50
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 Oneida DAMASK ROSE Sterling Baby Fork 491157 US $38.99
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 Oneida DAMASK ROSE Pierced Tablespoon 8 1 4 5757665 US $112.95
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 3 x Sterling Silver Oneida Damask Rose Serving Spoons US $155.00
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 Antique Heirloom Sterling Silver Jelly Server Spoon Damask Rose Pattern 1940s US $44.99
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 DAMASK ROSE STERLING SILVER CLIP A US $8.50
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 Oneida Sterling Damask Rose Dessert Server US $39.99
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 Damask Rose by Heirloom Oneida Service for 16 US $4,701.00
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 ONEIDA HEIRLOOM DAMASK ROSE STERLING SILVER SPOON RING A US $7.99
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 Heirloom Sterling DAMASK ROSE Teaspoon Oneida Silver Flatware US $50.00
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 Damask Rose by Heirloom Sterling 4 Infant Spoon US $65.00
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 Damask Rose Heirloom Sterling 4 1 2 Child Spoon Folk US $120.00
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 Damask Rose Heirloom Sterling Youth Set Spn FolkKnf US $199.00
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 Damask Rose Sterling Baked Potato Fork US $65.00
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 damask rose set of 2 butter spreader knives Pay PAL US $39.99
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 Oneida DAMASK ROSE STERLING Tomato Server 6486520 US $117.95
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 Oneida DAMASK ROSE STERLING Serving Spoon 6751639 US $127.95
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 Oneida DAMASK ROSE STERLING Sugar Shell Spoon 1223844 US $54.99
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 Heirloom Damask Rose Sterling 8 Serving Fork n o monogram US $84.99
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 Heirloom Damask Rose Sterling 65 Serving Spoon NO monogram US $84.99
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 Damask Rose By Heirloom Sterling Meat Fork US $80.00
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 Damask Rose Heirloom Candy or Nut Server Fluted US $65.00
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 Damask Rose Heirloom Jelly or Cranberry Server US $60.00
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 Damask Rose Heirloom Sauce Ladle US $65.00
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 Heirloom Sterling Damask Rose Carving SetCake Server US $80.00
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 Sterling Silver Damask Rose Ladle US $40.00
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 Antique Vintage Heirloom Sterling R Damask Rose Oneida Silversmiths Ltd Spoon US $44.95
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 Damask Rose By Heirloom Sterling Bon Bon Server US $65.00
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 Oneida DAMASK ROSE Pierced Tablespoon 8 1 4 5757664 US $127.95
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 Oneida Heirloom DAMASK ROSE Sterling 3 Pc Carving Set US $127.95
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 DAMASK ROSE BY ONEIDA STERLING SILVER COMPOTE WITH HANDLE 24 US $159.00
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 Damask Rose Heirloom Silver Gravy Ladle US $48.00
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 Damask Rose Heirloom Silver Pierced Spoon Fork US $75.00
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 DAMASK ROSE ONEIDA STERLING 4PC PLACE SETTING US $229.99
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 Oneida Sterling Silver Damask Rose Heirloom Pierced Serving Spoon Beautiful US $99.00
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 Damask Rose Heirloom Iced Teaspoon US $59.00
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 Oneida Heirloom Sterling Solid Jelly Server Damask Rose US $89.95
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 Oneida Heirloom Sterling Knife Damask Rose Pattern US $99.95
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 Oneida Heirloom Sterling Fork Damask Rose Pattern US $135.95
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 DAMASK ROSE ONEIDA STERLING PIE CAKE SERVER US $59.99
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 DAMASK ROSE ONEIDA STERLING DINNER FORK US $129.99
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 Oneida Sterling Damask Rose Sugar Tongs US $29.99
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Promise Her a Rose Garden, an Antique Rose Garden
Why antiques? Antique roses are those breed by species, sports, varieties, or cultivars prior to the first hybrid tea, (LaFrance) in 1867. Some people are not as strict in their interpretation of antique roses as the American Rose Society, and claim any rose 75 years or older as being old.
Why antiques? They have withstood the test of time. Many are alive and well, living in old grave yards, home sites, and near public buildings that are over 100 years old. Although some get black spot or something, they nevertheless flourish.
Why antiques? Modern day roses, especially the hybrid teas have to be pampered and babysat. Not only do they have to be fertilized, watered, and prune just right to live for any length of time. Hybrid teas are usually grafted on to other root stock. It appears to most horticulturalists they plants are hardier on their own rootstock.
Why antiques? Hybrid teas have been breed for form of flower, how well they do in vases, and repeat bloom. Fragrance, hardiness, and other great qualities have mostly disappeared, although now there are hybridizers experimentally with fragrance. I read recently of petunias being used in experiments to give hybrid teas and other new roses an old flower smell. For the most part, new roses make the ugliest of bushes, whereas the antiques are often graceful in form.
In the late 1700's to early 1800's, visitors to China, specifically botanists, brought back to the west rose that would bloom more than once a year, called remontant. They named these roses "China" Roses and "Tea" Roses. Until then, all roses in the west bloomed only once a year. These were the hardy roses, sports, and varieties grown in the Americas, Europe, and parts of Asia. These roses flourished in the wild, even.
The Chinas and Teas did very well in warm climates. In northern Europe, they could not withstand the cold. So nurserymen and other began crossing the Tea and Chinas with such native species as the dog rose, the Centifolias, Damasks, and Gallicas. The end product of all this hybridizing produced Bourbons, Grandifolias, Hybrid Perpetuals, Noisettes, Portlands, Polyanthas, etc.
Old roses look spectacular in all types of situations. The native species of rose go swell with other natives, especially on rustic, naturalistic sites. Antique roses look well in rustic garden laid out formally or informally. Most old roses look fantastic in abstract modern, baroque, or classical formal or informal gardens. The antiques set off perennials, herbs, and other shrubs in the border. They are at home on either city plots or vast estates.
So the least you can do for your one and only is to give her a rose garden. After all, Napoleon gave Josephine, "Malmaison", outside Paris, reportedly the greatest rose garden since ancient times.
Josephine had a painter who strolled around her garden painting flowers, particularly roses. His name is Redoubte and his works command a high price.
Some of the rose varieties grown at Malmaison can be purchased today, as well as, many others. Petals From the Past in Jemison, Alabama is a great place. So is the Antique Rose Emporium in Tyler, Texas and Suburban Atlanta. In Watsonville, California, there is Roses of Yesterday and Today.
You can order old roses from http://www.antiqueroseemporium.com/ and http://www.rosesofyesterday.com/rosenn.htm.
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