On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 20:01:06 -0800, Cass
wrote:

Dave, wasn't it your Cl. Old Blush that had the odd round puffer fish
looking growths earlier this year?

No, that was my Briar Rose. Turned out it was gall wasps.

In article , dave weil
wrote:

Sure. How are the symptoms different?
Spring RRD in Atlanta on Cl. Old Blush yielded very thin, scrawny
spiraling stems from every leaf axil that died rapidly, almost
hypersensitive reactions to "viruses". Yours look like the chinas'
symptoms spring two years ago in Staunton, VA.

BTW, I only noticed this about 2 weeks ago, but I don't know how long
it's been growing like this. I had an earlier instance of a stem
growing through a bloom (can't remember the technical name for this) and
I asked about it on the rose newsgroup and I was assured that it wasn't
totally uncommon. Perhaps this was a precursor though. Maybe this should
be linked as a possible early indicator.