The 2nd International Fragrant Rose Trial
in Echigo Hillside Park, Nagaoka Japan
Award-winning Entries
The International Fragrant Rose Trials is held every year to welcome applications from the rose breeders not only inJapan but also across the world. The Second Rose Trials held in 2006 attracted 31 breeders from 8 countries, namely
Japan, UK, New Zealand, China, Denmark, Finland, France and Germany showcasing a total of 83 different varieties.
Those roses participated in the trials in 2006 were planted for two years under same conditions. The Judging Committee,
comprising of experts of roses and fragrances, was held in spring and autumn this year to judge winners. We havepleasure in informing you of the results of the judgment.
You are more than welcome to visit our park to see those winning varieties during the Rose festival held from end of
May to mid June next coming spring.
We are also scheduling award ceremony during the Rose festival around early June 2009.
<<Prize types>>* Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Award: This prize is awarded to the highest score winneramong the Gold Award Winners.
* Niigata Prefectural Governor’s Award: This prize is awarded to the highest score winner in the fragrance section
among the winners of Gold, Silver, and Bronze awards.
* Nagaoka City Mayor’s Award: This prize is awarded to the highest score winner among the general visitors to ourpark.
* Gold Award, Silver Award, Bronze Award: These prizes are awarded to the roses in each category of which total
score in the judging criteria such as strength of fragrance, quality of fragrance, disease and insects endurance, growthstrength, overall style and beauty of blooming flowers, overall impression and others, have reached the preset level foreach award.

<<Comments from Judging Committee members>>:Judging Committee Chairman: Mr. Yoshihiro Ueda, Professor of Gifu International Academy of Horticulture
The Second Rose Trials have received far more applications than the First Trials with 83 applications. We had to spend
quite a long time to judge deliberately. As for the result, we have decided to prize one Gold Award winner, three SilverAward winners, and three Bronze Award winners. The Gold Award winner, which scored the highest, had received thehighest scores in three judging criteria such as quality of fragrance, overall style and beauty of blooming, and overall
impression, meaning its characteristics regarding its flowers including fragrance were excellent. The Silver Awardwinner and the best breed in the Hybrid-Tea (HTs) category was a strong variety with high scores in such judging
criteria like disease and insects endurance, climate endurance and growth strength, let alone strength of fragrance. The
Silver Award winner and the best breed in the Floribunda (F) Roses category has received relatively high scores inevery judging criteria, indicating its balanced characteristics.
Regarding the category variations, Shrubs (S) was the largest with 30 varieties, indicating the current trends of gardenrose breeding.

Judging Committee Vice Chairman: Mr. Shoji Nakamura, President of International Fragrance and Culture Society
There were many participants to this Second Trials with 83 applications. As there were many roses with excellent
fragrance, it was so difficult for us to determine the winners.
All of the award winners were rich in fragrance, and were appropriate for this Second Trials.
Interestingly, each of the seven award winners had wide variety of floral fragrance.

1Gold Award and Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Award
Entry No. 21
Variety Category: S
Variety Name: LA ROSE DU PETIT PRINCE™ delgramau
Breeder: Georges DELBARD SA (France)
Fragrance type: Blue: Fresh blue aroma with a blend of refined sweetness and powdery woody tone.
Judgment remarks: Highest scores in judging criteria of quality of fragrance, overall style and beauty of blooming, andoverall impression

Silver Award and Niigata Prefectural Governor’s Award
Entry No. 20
Variety Category: S
Variety Name: LA ROSE DE MOLINARD™ delgrarose
Breeder: Georges DELBARD SA (France)
Fragrance type: Fruity: Sweet aroma with emphasis on floral and fruity characteristics
Judgment remarks: Highest scores in two judging criteria of strength of fragrance and quality of fragrance. Also scoredhigh in judging criteria of disease and insect endurance and climate endurance, indicating its strong characteristics.

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Silver Award
Entry No. 17
Variety Category: HT
Variety Name: Danjiri Bayashi ‘02
Breeder: Mr. Ken Osanai (Osaka, Japan)
Fragrance type: Damask classic
Light and elegant fragrance with strong sweet aroma peculiar of Damask roses and a hint of refreshing greenery.

Silver Award
Entry No. 54
Variety Category: Fl
Variety Name: FKS-258
Breeder: Mr. Shunsuke Takeuchi (Chiba, Japan)
Fragrance type: Fruity
Colorful fragrance with a honey-like strong sweetness and a touch of metallic characteristics

3Bronze Award
Entry No. 69
Variety Category: HT
Variety Name: Kouzan
Breeder: Mr. Masayuki Matsumoto (Saitama, Japan)
Fragrance type: Damask modern
Light and sweet aroma peculiar of Damask varieties.

Bronze Award
Entry No. 53
Variety Category: F1
Variety Name: FKS-254
Breeder: Mr. Shunsuke Takeuchi (Chiba, Japan)
Fragrance type: Tea
Elegant fragrance with characteristics of tea in addition to the sweetness of Damask varieties.

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Bronze Award
Entry No. 43
Variety Category: S
Variety Name: Kohaku
Breeder: Mr. Hiroshi Ogawa (Chiba, Japan)
Fragrance type: Myrrh
Refreshing and balanced aroma with appropriate portion of myrrh characteristics

Nagaoka City Mayor’s Award
Entry No. 78
Variety Category: S
Variety Name: Linnaeus
Breeder: Poulsen Roser A/S (Denmark)Judgment remarks: Its color of bright orange with flush of red was eye-catching. There was a dramatic change of colors
from the time in bud to its full bloom, which was beautiful.

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