American Garden Rose Selections was established to recognize and recommend the best garden-worthy rose varieties for the various regions of the U.S. through testing. Its goal is to provide objective and reliable information to rose gardeners. AGRS is a true national rose trial in the United States that tests the same roses in gardens all around the country and is considered to be the national rose trial program successor to the All America Rose Selections trials, which ran from 1940 to 2013.