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Bumper rose crop 3 weeks early

PIC SHOWS EMMA NICOLL,24,FROM COLCHESTER,ON TUESDAY MORNING (JUNE 14) PICKING ROSES AT CANTS FARM,NEAR COLCHESTER,ESSEX... The OLDEST rose growers in Britain are celebrating after the hot sunny weather caused their bumper crop of flowers to bloom an incredible THREE WEEKS early...Cants Roses, which were established in 1765, say it is the best year for roses in living memory and the earliest their field of flowers has blossomed in 35 YEARS...Owner Roger Pawsey says the long sunny days have made this year's crop of roses more vibrant and colourful than he can ever remember..."It's an absolutely fantastic year for roses as they are out early and the sun has made the colours really vibrant and intense," said Roger, who runs the 245-year-old business with his sister Angela and brother Martin..."It's hard to remember a season that was so early but I think it must have been in 1976 when we had another hot, dry summer...SEE COPY CATCHLINE Bumper rose crop 3 weeks early.

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PIC SHOWS EMMA NICOLL,24,FROM COLCHESTER,ON TUESDAY MORNING (JUNE 14) PICKING ROSES AT CANTS FARM,NEAR COLCHESTER,ESSEX... The OLDEST rose growers in Britain are celebrating after the hot sunny weather caused their bumper crop of flowers to bloom an incredible THREE WEEKS early...Cants Roses, which were established in 1765, say it is the best year for roses in living memory and the earliest their field of flowers has blossomed in 35 YEARS...Owner Roger Pawsey says the long sunny days have made this year's crop of roses more vibrant and colourful than he can ever remember..."It's an absolutely fantastic year for roses as they are out early and the sun has made the colours really vibrant and intense," said Roger, who runs the 245-year-old business with his sister Angela and brother Martin..."It's hard to remember a season that was so early but I think it must have been in 1976 when we had another hot, dry summer...SEE COPY CATCHLINE Bumper rose crop 3 weeks early.