November 25, 1916 



HOETICULTUEE 



695 



ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS 



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Disbudding 



This will have to be attemlud to regularly now, as the 

 roses will be too valuable to have their quality impaired 

 by allowing a lot of side Inids to take the strength away 

 from the bud proper. It often happens that sonic of the 

 bottom breaks or the extra heavy growtiis do not bear 

 a good bud. In this case it will be profitable to remove 

 the top of the growth to about where the rose would be 

 cut, and do this as soon as tlie bud shows what it will be 

 like. If this is done soon enough the eyes on the growth 

 will break at once and there will be three roses wherq 

 there was only one poor one. "There may be some de- 

 formed buds on the weaker gi-owth and all these should 

 be taken as soon as they show uj). Do not cut these back 

 too far but take them out with the one leaf only so that 

 it will not be long before the growth will bear a bud 

 again and it can then be cut down to where it should 

 be. When doing this work be sure to have a bag or some- 

 thing to put the waste into as it is poor policy to drop 

 everything on the benches where it will have to be picked 

 up again. Green fly, thrips and other insects usually 

 are at the top of the shoots and if there should be any 

 on the buds taken and the buds dropped on the bench it 

 would give the insects an excellent chance to get right 

 on the plants again. Pick them up as they are taken 

 o£E and burn them later. 



Pinching Beauties 



It will be well to go through the Beauty houses every 

 so often and pinch all the real short growth such as 

 would produce a Xo. 3 flower. Care should be taken, 

 however, to see that the work is done on time and not let 

 go until the buds are big. The proper time is when 

 the buds are about the size of a wheat grain, or in other 

 words as soon as they are large enough to be seen. The 

 buds should be taken down to a good leaf. This 



work is especially important to phmts that liave bceu 

 cutting heavy apd are pretty well cut oil. 1 1 will not be 

 long before these pinclied shoots will start growing again 

 and will soon nm up into a fancv or an e.xtra, thus 

 proving not only far more profitable but helpful to the 

 plants as well, as they will have something to keep the 

 roots busy, and that is what they need especially in dark 

 weather. 



Thanksgiving 



It will be here next week, and in spite of all our 

 troubles such as labor, coal, high prices for all raw ma- 

 terials, we have a great deal to be thankful for. Busi- 

 ness is good with prospects of being better', and we should 

 try to better it by growing better stock, handling it bet- 

 ter, in fact do all we can to get our products to the homes 

 of our patrons as fresh as possible, and this will mean 

 more sales. Do not tiy to hold the cut roses for a week 

 ahead of the holiday in order to benefit by the higher 

 |irice that may be paid then. It is bad business and 

 there is notiiing to gain. If stock should be very scarce 

 pickled roses may sell, but if there is a good supply all 

 poor stuff will bo dumped, as it should be, and it will not 

 be only the grower who will lose but the whole trade will 

 suffer more or less. 



Lining Boxes 



With the thermometer down to 20 mornings it will 

 be necessary to see that the boxes are properly lined .so 

 that the roses will not be cold or frozen when they reach 

 the market. Paper is high priced so it will be well to 

 see your wholesaler and get a line on how many sheets 

 are required at certain temperatures. He is the man 

 who gets the stuff and he will know better than the 

 grower. When liniug the boxes see that the corners are 

 well protected as it is here where most of the cold air 

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TWELFTH ANNIVERSARY NUMBER 



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DEIOEIVIBEIIR 9, 1916 



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