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Star® Roses and Plants/Conard-Pyle,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Star Roses & Plants )〕 is a leading horticultural innovator, which has been based in West Grove, Pennsylvania, USA, for over 150 years and the introducer of the Peace rose to America (the Peace rose was developed in Europe), always specialized in rose production, but at one time, they were the leading Canna grower and hybridizer in the USA. Star® Roses and Plants/Conard-Pyle is best known for introducing the Knock Out® Family of Roses〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Star Roses & Plants )〕 and Drift® Roses.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Star Roses & Plants )〕 ==History== * 1855: Alfred Conard formed the firm of Conard & Brother. * 1862: Conard started a nursery business with Charles Dingee under the name Dingee & Conard. The business had two greenhouses and the establishment was known as the Harmony Grove Nursery. * 1867: Dingee & Conard began propagating roses under a new system introduced by Antoine Wintzer, the head nurseryman, and a world-class hybridiser. Conard conceived the idea of disposing of their rose stock through the mail. Their first catalog offered bedding plants, shrubbery, bulbs, seeds, and roses. * 1888: Howard Preston sold his farm (a dairy farm and regional creamery) to S. Morris Jones, who continued to operate the creamery. * 1892: Conard separated from Dingee and along with Antoine Wintzer joined with S. Morris Jones. The new company continued with the growing and distribution of roses and flowering plants. Much of the farmland acquired by Jones became part of Conard-Pyle, the house was eventually provided to the head nurseryman, Antoine Wintzer, as his residence. * 1895: Antoine Wintzer worked on the improvement of the canna. * 1897: The name became Conard & Jones Co. * 1898: Robert Pyle joined the company and purchased control in it after Conard's death on December 15, 1906. * 1930: Upon the death of Antoine Wintzer, he was succeeded by Sydney Hutton, of New Jersey, as head nurseryman. * 1950: Upon the death of Robert Pyle, Sydney Hutton purchased Conard-Pyle, and three generations of Huttons have owned and operated it ever since, and lived in the house at West Grove, PA until 1997, when it was sold to a private individual. * 2012: The current owner Steven Hutton launched a new house brand,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Conard-Pyle Press Release )〕 Star® Roses and Plants/Conard-Pyle, with a new focus on royalties licensing and plant breeding. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Star Roses and Plants/Conard-Pyle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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