Jandaby 28, 1915. 



The Florists' Review 



105 



Rochelle Paper Pots and Dirt Bands 



SIBT BANDS 



iPapsr Pots without bottoms, newspaper* beinf 

 ■pread on the bench for bottoms.) 



tech. 1000 sooo 10,000 ao.ooo cio,ooo loo.ooi 



[% 90.60 91.80 9 8.40 9 e.2S SM.OO 9 SO.OI 



i 60 2.00 8.75 T.tiO la.iiu ^.«u 



IM 75 2,50 4.50 S.TiO 20.00 40.00 



9 00 8.00 5.50 10.00 24.00 48.00 



4 1.00 4.50 8.00 15.00 38.00 72.00 



5 1.60 6.25 12.00 22.00 60.00 100.00 



6 2.10 8.50 16.00 30.00 70.00 135.00 



No tacks or folding block needed. Sampler 

 free. 



Copyright directions for use with each order. 



Our Square Paper Dirt Bands are the ortKlnal 

 of all that are on the market today. All othprs 

 being sold are Imitations of these we advertise, 

 and some of tlie ImltBtlons being sold are made 

 of cheap paper, coBting only al)out half as much 

 as our heayy stock. We sell no experiments. 

 Ours have been tried ont by long use In the green- 

 house. They will stand np In any wet and heat 

 as long as wanted. Samples of all sizes FREE. 



SQUARE PAPER POTS. 



(Folding block and tacks tncfuded.) 



Inch. inoo 50oo 10.000 2o.noo 60,noo 



1% 90.70 9 8.25 9 6.50 912-00 925.00 



i so 4.00 7.50 14.00 .<J2.00 



2^ 00 4.50 8.60 16.00 88.00 



8 i.no 4.no 0..50 is.oo 44.00 



4 1..V) 7.50 14.00 27.00 e.\00 



5 2.75 12.60 23.50 45.00 8.5.00 



The 2-ln. and 2Vi-ln. are line for shipping potted 

 plants in. 



Try our paper pots and Dirt Bands free. Order 

 what you \v»nt — try tl>em accord Ine t" our dlri'C- 

 tlons. and if not satlsfflctory ship them hack and 

 we will refund your money. Price list free. 



"Could you ship me by frelglit at once 15.000 

 more 2 In. Dirt Bands and .5000 S-\n. Dirt Bands? 

 1 like tliem very much." — n. B. Weaver. Birdln- 

 Hand. Pa. (Mr. Weaver grows CHrnatlons, Migno- 

 nettes, Sweet Peas and Cut Flowers. He got .'5000 

 2-in. Dirt Bnnds in December and 40.000 In 

 January, 20.000 In March last year, and has Just 

 ordered 70.0<)0 more.) 



DIRT BANDS— Experience in Usin^Them 



H. B. WEAVER 



Carnatlniia 



Itignonertea United Phone. 



Sweit IVhb 



Cut Flowers 



BIrrt-ln-Hand, Pa., March 23, 1914. 

 F. W. Rochelle * Sons, 



Chester. N. J. 



Gentlemen: In ri'i>I.T to yonr query would state 

 that I pisnted seedling stock plants and snap- 

 dragon cuttings In the first lot of bands that I 

 received from .von early In January. 



We took some of these out and pisnted them 

 where they are to remain about tlie l.'Stb of 

 February. They made a OOOD onoWTTl while 

 In the hands, and trnns|i)nnted AS TBOUGO they 

 had never been moved at all. 



I have now stiout 14.000 camstlon plants 

 started In 2-in. bnnds which are making a RAPID 

 GROWTH, scarcely losing a plant In transplant- 

 ing from the sand. 



I also have sltont 20.000 aster plants trans- 

 planted In 2-in. hands which can sts.r there till 

 time to plant out of doors WITTTOIIT FEAR OF 

 BECOMINO ROOT BOUND, as would be the case 

 If 1 used 2-in. pots. 



PlMUts SKl.no.M BEPOME ROOT BOrND 

 enough to Inlure them IN THE DIRT BANDS, 

 and DO Not REQl'IRE NEAR THE AMOt'NT 

 OF ATTENTION flint a pot plant does. In water- 

 ing, shifting, trsnsplnnting. etc. 



I make m.v linnds and set them In flats, as I 

 make them np. each flst holding 117. 



When we get crowded indoors It tskes bnt a 

 short time to move the flats to a cold frame, 

 where we harden them off before setting them In 

 the fletd. 



One man can set MORE THAN ANOTHER 

 TIME AS MANY (twice as manr> plants In the 

 Held from these hands and flats than he can from 

 pots, and after lie Is thr"neh DOES NOT HAVE 

 THE BOTHER OF OATHERINO UP. PIEAN- 

 INO. and STORING AWAY A LOT OF POTS. 



I believe anyone using these hands ONCB 

 WILL BECOME A REOPIAR CrSTO-MER. 

 Toura truly, 



H. B. Weaver. 



H. B. WEAVER 

 Cut Flowers United Phone. 



Carnations a Specialty 



Bird In HHnd, Pa., Jan. 7th. 1015. 

 r. W. Rochelle A Sons. 



D<>ar Sirs: Yon may send me 70.000 two-Inch 

 Dirt Bands InsteHil i»f fiO.Odfl. i en<'lnse s ri-f.k 

 for same. If you will send me a few circulars 

 and price lists I wilt dlstrilmte them among my 

 frien-is. We hsve a florists' club In our county 

 of about sixty members. 



Yonrs tmly, 



H. B. Wearer. 



2779^0 MORE BLOSSOMS 



on plants raised in Square Paper Pots than on 

 plants raised In clay pots of same size. 



There were 456 stems of blossoms on 40 plants 

 raised In 4-lncb Square Paper Pots and 105 stems 

 of blossoms on 40 plants raised In 4-lncb clay 

 pots. 



The above was taken from the following report 

 in the Market Growers' Journal, January 1, 1914. 

 page 6. 



NUMBER OP STEMS IN BLOSSOM 



June 9 Jnne 20 June 27 



On 40 plants from clay pots 45 47 121 

 On 40 plants from paper 



pots 105 229 456 



When set In the field May 15th, the root sys- 

 tems of the plants from the 4-lnch sqnare paper 

 pots were 4-Inch cubes (64 cubic inches of soil 

 and roots) and from the 4-Inch clay pots the root 

 systems contulned 31 cnhic Inches of soil and 

 roots (the amount that a 4-lncb clay pot holds). 



The third count of blossoms was made June 27, 

 42 days after the plants had been set In the field. 



The plants from the square pa|ier pots were 

 then more than twice as large and vigorous as 

 those raised in cla.v pots. 



All plants raised In square paper pots are 

 larger and more vigorous than those raised in clay 

 pots,, because they have about double root room 

 for the same size pots. 



Measure the two pots and yon' will find that 

 the 4-Inch square paper pot holds as much soil 

 as two 4-Inch clay pots. 



It Is the same with square dirt hands, which 

 are square paper pots without bottoms <the bot- 

 toms being furnished by old newspapers spread 

 on the bench). 



The theory that It Is only necessary to have a 

 big top to the plant has been proved misleading. 



There must be a big root system to nush the 

 top or the plant will grow slow and small. 



Try some square paper pots or dirt hands with 

 your clay pots and see if you can afford to nse 

 any clay pots. 



Some of the florists around Philadelphia are 

 using large numbers of square dirt bands and 

 paper pots. 



We have shipped to Mr. P. B. Dllks. Brides- 

 burg, Phila., Pa., l.io.noo 2-Inch square dirt bands 

 and 20.000 3-Inch square dirt bands: to Mr. Geo. 

 W. Dllks. Frnnkford. Pa.. 10.000 2-Inch sqnsre 

 dirt bands and 10.000 3-Inch square dirt hands; 

 to M-. M. H. Hostetter. Manlielm, Pa., 20.000 

 2U-1nch dirt hands and ROOO 5 Inch dirt hHUds: 

 Mr. H. B. Weaver, BIrd-ln-Hand, Pa.. 135.000 

 2-Inch dirt bands. 



393% MORE FRUIT 



120 early tomato plants reported In Atarkft 

 Growers' Journal. Jan. 1. 1014. raised In 4-lnrli 

 clay pots (31 cubic Inches of soil and rootsK had 

 yielded np to Aug. 11 7% peach baskets— *4.7.> 

 worth of ripe tomatoes, while 120 plants raised In 

 4-Inch SQUARE paper pots ((?4 cubic Inches of 

 soil and roots) ^ had yielded 3.S pench baskets — 

 $23. .50 worth of ripe tomatoes — 39.3 per cent more. 



PANAMA-PACinC INTERNATIONAL 

 EXPOSITION 



We have received an order for 100.000 of onr 

 Sqnare Paper Pots from the Panama-Pacific In- 

 ternational Exi>osIt1on. 



Square paper pots are manufactured on the 

 Pacific coast, but the Pansma-Paclfic Interna- 

 tional Exposition sends across the continent for 

 ours. 



This order was not sought or solicited, but 

 came t>ecanse of the National reputation of onr 

 Paper Pots and Dirt Bands. 



PROMPT SHIPMENT 



THE DALLES FLORAL COMPANY 

 20,000 Square Feet of Glass. 

 The Dalles, Oregon, Jan. 4th, 181B. 

 IT. W. Rochelle & Sons. 



Dear Sirs: The thoroughly dependable quality 

 of material commends them to users everywhere. 

 Growing and shipping in same pots saves all 

 kinds of lalior. 



Tomato plants which without your pots sell 

 here for 91. no per 100, raised in .vour pots sell 

 at 94.00 per 100. Yours very truly, 

 The Dalles Floral Co. 



"I raised tomato, cabbage, eggplant and pepper 

 plants In the pots bought of you. They accom- 

 plished their puriHise of keeping the roots of the 

 plants separate and in their own spaces to per- 

 fection. From about 2700 tomato plants I picked 

 1140 marketable crates of tomatoes which hronght 

 me 9600." D. B. Moses, Purchase, N. Y. 



"We grew about 800 tomato plants In yonr 

 paper pots for onr nncle In Rock Creek, Ohio. 

 There Is a canning factory there. 



Onr uncle says they were by far the beat 

 plants set ont In Rock Creek, last spring. We 

 sent them 16 miles on a platform dray, rather 

 than take a chance on a delay In freight, and the 

 teamster told ns he had a dozen chances to sell 

 them on the way down. 



We got the Paper Pots so onr uncle need not 

 send any pots back. The experiment was satis- 

 factory. 



We are impressed with the fact that Paper 

 Pots give so mnch more root space than other 

 pots. 



We hope to nse some 4 Inch pots for starting 

 'cnkes' and 'tonis' for greenhouse work this 

 spring. One firm does greenhouse work only." 

 Gallop Bros., Ashtabnla. Ohio. 



"The crop from the plants grown In your dirt 

 bands paid me the best of any crop of tomatoes 

 grown since I have been In the business." 

 J. M. Gage. Market Gardener, Wllllmantlc, Conn. 



"I nsed the Rochelle dirt hands for early toma- 

 toes and cucumbers with very great success. I" 

 had an Immense crop of both tomatoes and cucnm- 

 hers and both started picklne fully 15 days before 

 the nsnal time in this section." 

 Chas. H. Weaver (Choice Fruit and Vegetables). 



Dunnville. Ont., C an. 



"I nsed your 4-Inch Dirt Bands successfully for 

 tomatoes, watermelons and canfeloupes. Had 

 melons much earlier than by planting in opes 

 field." 

 Albert G. Boyle, Owner of the Boyle Orchards. 



BentonvIUe, Ark. ' 



"We I.leldy recommend ronr Dirt Bands. We 

 had tomatoes the first of jnne, and the only to- 

 matoes In Kay Co.. Okla.. this year, due entirely 

 to using your Dirt Bands and getting them out 

 early." 

 Nichols & Son, Market Gardeners, Blackweli. 



Okla. 



"We raised several thousand plants In your 

 paper pots and found It a very satisfactory 

 method. This season we are going to use them 

 exclusively. Kindly quote ns on 2. 3 and 4-Inch 

 paper (wts In large qusntltles and oblige." 

 Purltas Farm Products Company, Newburgb. 



N. Y. 



"I nsed yonr Dirt Bnnds for tomatoes, peppers 



and eggplants — also for mignonette, bellotrops 



and hellchrysiim. I and my trade were pleased 



with them. I shall nse more the coming season." 



Clias. C. Roberts. I.ansdowne. Pa. 



"t hnvp nsed your p.oper Dirt Bands In th» 

 hotbed and find them suitable for aliout every- 

 thing. They handle nicely and produce fin* 

 plants." 

 F. J. Gallagher, Woodvllle. N. Y. 



^ "1 think your Paper Pots are O. K. I nsed 

 them for tomatoes and melons. They pnt me oa 

 the market with these about 2 weeks' earlier tbaa 

 I have ever been without the imts." 

 Wm. Terpstea. Hammond. Ind. 



"We raised vegetable plants and asters In yonr 

 Paper Pots. They accomplished their purpose. 

 They gave better plants than those In clay pots 

 and sold at double price." 



Mt. Gllead Floral Co., Mt. Gllead. O. 



EXPERIENCE OF 54 GROWERS. 



Send for FREE Samples of our Square 

 Paper Pots and Dirt Bands and Big Folder 

 giving 64 EXPERIENCES of Florists and 

 Market Gardeners who raised in our Square 

 Dirt Bands and Paper Pots Roses, Carna- 

 tions, Chrysanthemums, Asters, Geraniums^ 

 Cannas, Verbenas, Salvias, Snapdragon^ 

 Vincas. Mignonette, Heliotrope and Phlox. 

 Tomatoes, Egg Plants, Peppers, Cabbage, 

 Strawberry Plants, Cucumbers, Cantaloupes. 

 Watermelons, Lima Beans, Squash and 

 Sweet Corn. 



Send today. 



Address F. W. ROCHELLE ft SONS, Chester, N. J. 



