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Table 25.
Miniature Roses bred by Keith Zary
CULTIVAR COLOR YEAR PARENTAGE
‘Paper Doll’ (JACfiseg) ab 1992 [‘Fiddler's Gold’ X
‘Sequoia Gold’]
‘Bunny Hop’ (JACclip) mp 1993 [‘Pink Pollyanna’ X
‘Seedling’]
‘Bees Knees’ (JACkee) yb 1998 [‘Seedling’ X ‘Haute
Pink’]
‘Jingle Bells’ (JACredem) dr 1998 [‘Seedling’ X
‘Seedling’]
Table 26.
Top: ‘Bees Knees’
1998
Bottom: ‘Hot Tamale’
1993
Among the other professional rose breeders, Jack
Christensen while still at Armstrong Roses initiated
his miniature breeding program in 1978 producing a
string of commercial successes. In 1978 Christensen
introduced several outstanding varieties of the day,
like ‘Criket’, ‘Hiedi’ and an AOE winner, ‘Holy
Toledo’. He continued his breading program using
several floribundas and hybrid teas known for
their classical form. In 1982 a stunning light pink
miniature was named to honor ‘Helen Boehm’ as
the variety did resemble the famous porcelain.
Miniature Roses bred by Jack Christensen
CULTIVAR COLOR YEAR PARENTAGE
‘Cricket’ (AROket) ob 1978 [‘Anytime’ X ‘Katherine
Loker’]
22
‘Heidi’ (AROdi) mp 1978 [‘Fairy Moss’ X ‘Iceberg’]
‘Holy Toledo’ (ARObri) ab 1978 [‘Gingersnap’ X ‘Magic Carrousel’]
‘Honest Abe’ (AROn) dr 1978 [‘Fairy Moss’ X ‘Rubinette’]
‘Hopscotch’ (AROyol) my 1979 [‘Gingersnap’ X ‘Magic Carrousel’
Foxy Lady’ (AROshrim) op 1980 [‘Gingersnap’ X ‘Magic Carrousel’]
‘Little Red Devil’ (AROvidil) mr 1980 [‘Gingersnap’ X ‘Magic
Carrousel’]
‘Hotline’ (AROmikeh) mr 1981 [‘Honest Abe’ X ‘Trumpeter’]
‘Sunspray’ (AROrasp) dy 1981 [‘Gingersnap’ X ‘Magic Carrousel’]
‘Helen Boehm’ (AROprawn) lp 1982 [‘Foxy Lady’ X ‘Deep Purple’]
‘Ferris Wheel’ (AROyumi) yb 1984 [‘Golden Angel’ X ‘Cricket’]
‘Fool's Gold’ (AROgobi) ob 1984 [‘Cricket’ X ‘Dr. A.J. Verhage’]
‘Tutti-Frutti’ (JACtutti) yb 1991 [‘Fool's Gold’ X ‘Pinstripe’]
‘Charm Bracelet’ (JACfog) dy 1992 [‘Fool's Gold’ X ‘Seedling’]
A colleague of Jack Christensen, while at Armstrong's
pre-1985, was Tom Carruth, now Research
Director at Weeks in California, who
began his miniature breeding program in the late
1980s and has produced some spectacular cultivars
using very unconventional parents. However, he did
depend upon several varieties from both Ralph Moore
and Sam McGredy as pollen parents. In 2001
‘Gizmo’ won “Golden Rose of Rose Hills”.
Table 27.
Miniature Roses bred by Tom Carruth
CULTIVAR COLOR YEAR PARENTAGE
‘Little Paradise’ (WEKlips) m 1 988 [‘Shocking Blue’ X ‘Helen Boehm’]
‘Heartbreaker’ (WEKsybil) pb 1989 [‘Crystalline’ X ‘Magic Carrousel’]
‘Peach Fuzz’ (WEKhelen) ab 1990 [‘Fairy Moss’ X ‘New Year’]
‘Descanso Dream’ (WEKdesc) w 1995 [‘Origami’ X ‘Little Artist’]
‘Gizmo’ (WEKcatlart) ob 1998 [‘Carrot Top’ X ‘Little Artist’]
‘Lemon Drop’ (WEKyegi) my 1999 [‘Gingerbread Man’ X ‘seedling’]
‘Space Odyssey’ (WEKsnacare) rb 1999 [‘Santa Claus’ X ‘Times
Square’]
‘Neon Cowboy’ (WEKemilcho) rb 2001 [‘Emily Louise’ X
(‘Playboy’ X ‘Little Artist’)]
‘Ruby Slippers’ (WEKsactrumi) mr 2004 [‘Santa Claus’ X
(‘Trumpeter’ X ‘Red Minimo’)]
Also active during the time from 1980-1990 was another
exceptional amateur who went commercial,
Gene King of Munroe, Louisiana. His breeding
program produced such favorites as ‘Fancy Pants’,
the single-petaled ‘Peggy T’, the well received light
pink ‘Giggles’ (known for many years by its code
name ‘Kingig’ and a rose strictly for exhibitors called
‘Top Gun’. His choice of seed and pollen parents
was a departure from the normal and involved several
British bred floribundas and hybrid teas.