134 COMMERCIAL ROSE CULTURE 



10,000, water is applied more or less heavily at the roots three 

 times weekly during the growing season. 



The crops may be easily regulated by pinching off the buds. 

 Commence on the back bed and pinch back, take the next one 

 the following week and so on every week or ten days as re- 

 quired. 



STOCK MUST BE CAREFULLY SOLD 



Always aim to have the best Roses grown in your market 

 and you will be sure of customers all the time. 



A fair average cut for a year with 20,000 plants in mixed 

 kinds would be 40 flowers per plant, and a fair price would be 

 three cents per flower averaged throughout the year. The cost 

 of selling ranges from 1% to 20% of the sales according to 

 how it is done. Next to growing well and at the lowest cost, 

 the selling of the stock is of the greatest importance and should 

 not be left to an incompetent or unreliable party. 



While it is impossible to give any last word regarding 

 modern methods of commercial Rose growing it may be stated 

 that the fundamental principles of this art never change. The 

 grower who can take advantage of his knowledge of these, and 

 apply his wisdom so that everything works together to the end 

 of producing the largest number of good flowers for the lowest 

 cost, will be the most successful. 



