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The Florists' Review 



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ROCHELCE PAPER POTS AND DIRT BANDS 



DiaT BANDS 

 iPapar Pots wlttaont bottoms, newspapers belnf 



spread on the bench (or bottoms.) 

 Inch 1000 5000 10,000 20,000 50,000 100,000 



1% $0.50 $1.80 $ 3.40 $ 6.25 $14.00 $ 26.00 



2 60 2.00 3.75 7.00 16.00 30.00 



2^ 75 2.75 5.00 9.50 23.00 44.00 



3 00 3.50 6.75 12.-50 29.00 55.00 



3V, 96 4.00 7.50 14.50 35.00 65.00 



4 1.00 4.50 8.50 16.50 ^ "" 75.00 



4% 1.25 5.50 10.50 19.0^ 7.50 



6 1.50 6.25 12.00 22.00 50.00 loO.OO 



6 2.10 8.50 16.00 30.00 70.00 125.00 



No tacks or foldint; block needed. Samples 

 free. Please niontton this paper. 



Copyright directions for nse with each order. 



Our Square Paper Dirt Bands are the original 

 of all that are on the market today. All others 

 being sold are Imitations of these we advertise, 

 and some of the imitations being sold are made 

 of cheap paper, costing only about half as much 

 as our heayy stock. We sell no experiments. 

 Ours have been tried out by long use in the green- 

 house. They will stand up in any wet and heat 

 as long as wanted. Samples of all sizes FREE. 



BQTTABE PAPER POTS. 



(Folding block and tacks included.) 



Inch 500 1000 5000 10,000 20,000 50,000 



1% $0.50 $ .70 $ 3.25 $ 6.50 $12.00 $ 25.00 



2 60 .80 4.00 7.50 13.00 32.00 



2% 75 1.00 4.50 8.50 16.00 38.00 



3 90 1.25 6.75 11.00 20.00 49.00 



4 1.25 1.75 8.50 15.00 29.00 75.00 



6 ..... 1.75 2.75 12.50 23.60 45.00 105.00 



6 2.75 3.76 16.50 31.25 60.00 140.00 



7 3.50 4.75 20.60 39.00 75.00 175.00 



The 2-ln. and 2^-ln. are fine for shipping potted 



plants in. 



Try our paper pots and Dirt Bands free. Order 

 what you want — try tiiem accordinfr to our direc- 

 tions, and if not satisfactory ship them back and 

 we will refund your money. Price list free. 



"Conld you ship me by freight at once 16,000 

 more 2-ln. Dirt Bands and 5000 3-ln. Dirt Bands? 

 I like them very much." — H. B. Weaver, Blrd-in- 

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

 nettes, Sweet Peas and Cut Flowers. He got 6000 

 2-in. Dirt Bands in December and 40.000 in 

 January, 20,000 in March last year, and has Just 

 ordered 70,()00 more.) 



DIRT BANDS— Experience in Using Them 



H. B. WEAVER 



Oamations 



Mignonettes United Phone. 



Sweet Peas 



Cut Flowers 



Blrd-ln-Hsnd, Pa., Marcb 23, 1914. 

 F. W. Rochelle & Sons, 



Chester, N. J, 



Gentlemen: In reply to your query would state 

 that I planted seedling stock plants and snap- 

 dragon cuttings in the first lot of bands that I 

 received from you early in January. 



We took some of these out and planted them 

 where they are to remain about the 15th of 

 February. They made a GOOD GROWTH while 

 in the bands, and transplanted AS THOUGH they 

 had never been moved at all. 



-I have now about 14,000 carnation plants . 

 started In 2-ln. bands which are making a RAPID 

 GROWTH, scarcely losing a plant in transplant- 

 ing from the sand. 



I also have about 20,000 aster plants trana- 



?ilanted in 2-ln. bands which can stay there till 

 Ime to plant out of doors WITHOUT FEAR OF 

 BECOMING ROOT BOUND, as would be the case 

 If I used 2-ln. pots. 



Plants SELDOM BECOME ROOT BOUND 

 enough to injure them IN THE DIRT BANDS, 

 and DO NOT REQUIRE NEAR THE AMOUNT 

 OF ATTENTION that a pot plant does, in water- 

 ing, shifting, transplanting, etc. 



I make my bands and set them in flats, as I 

 ntake them up, each flat holding 117. 



When we get crowded Indoors It takes but a 

 short time to move the flats to a cold frame, 

 where we harden them off before setting them In 

 the fleld. 



One man can set MORE THAN ANOTHER 

 TIME AS MANT (twice as many) plants la the 

 field from these bands and flats than be can from 

 pot s, and after he is through DOES NOT HAVE 

 THE BOTHER OF GATHERING UP. CLEAN- 

 ING, and STORING AWAY A LOT OF POTS. 



I believe anyone using these bands ONCTB 

 WILL BECOME A REGULAR CUSTOMER. 



Yours truly, 

 H. B. Weaver. 



H. B. WEAVER 



Cut Flowers United Flioiie. 



Carnations a Specialty 



Bird-In-Hand, Pa., Jan. 7th, 1915. 

 F. W. Rochelle & Sons. 



Dear Sirs: You may send me 70.000 two-lndi 

 Dirt Bands Instead of 60.000. I enclose a check 

 for same. If you will send me a few circulars 

 and price lists I will distribute them among my 

 friends. We have a florists' club in our county 

 of about sixty members. 



Yours truly, 



H. B. Weaver. 



"We note friend H. B. Weaver's testimonial. 

 Ctomlng from a man like H. B. Weaver it is 

 WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD." — James 

 Brown, Jr., Florist, CoatesviUe, Pa. ^ , 



Address F. W. ROCHELLE 



illf, MORE BLOSSOnS 



on plants raised in Square Paper Pots than on 

 plants raised in clay pots of same sise. 



There were 456 stems of blossoms on 40 plants 

 raised in 4-incb Square Paper Pots and 106 stems 

 of blossoms on 40 plants raised in 4-lnch clay 

 pots. 



The above was taken from the following report 

 In the Market Growers' Journal, January 1, 1914, 

 page 6. 



NUMBER OF STEMS IN BLOSSOM 



June 9 June 20 June 27 



On 40 plants from clay pots 45 47 121 

 On 40 plants from paper 



pots 106 229 456 



When set in the fleld May 16th, the root sys- 

 tems of the plants from the 4-lnch square paper 

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

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

 systems contained 31 cubic inches of soli and 

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



The third pount of blossoms was made June 27, 

 42 days after the plants had been set in the fleld. 



The plants from the square paper pots were 

 then more than twice as largo and vigorous as 

 those raised in clay 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 And that 

 the 4-inch square paper pot holds as much soil 

 as two 4-lnch clay pots. 



It Is the same with square dirt bands, 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 push the 

 top or the plant will grow slow and small. 



Try some square paper pots or dirt bands 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. Dilks, Brldee- 

 burg, Phlla., Pa.. 160.000 2-inch square dirt bands 

 and 20,000 3-incb square dirt bands: to Mr. Geo. 

 W. Dllks. Frankford, Pa.. 10.000 2-lnch square 

 dirt bands and 10.000 8-lnch squsre dirt bands; 

 to Mr. M. H. Hostetter. Manhelm, Pa., 20,000 

 2Vi-inch dirt bands and 6000 5-Inch dirt bands; 

 Mr. H. B. Weaver, Blrd-in-Hand, Pa., 136.000 

 2-lnch dirt bands. 



393^0 MORE FRUIT 



120 early tomato plants reported in Market 

 Growers' Journal. Jan. 1, 1914, raised in 4-inch 

 clay pots (31 cubic Inches of soil and roots), had 

 yielded up to Aug. 11 7% peach baskets— $4.75 

 worth of ripe tomatoes, while 120 plants raised In 

 4-lnch SQUARE paper pots (64 cubic Inches of 

 soil and roots), had yielded 33 peach baskets — 

 $23.60 worth of ripe tomatoes — 393 per cent more. 



"H. B. Weaver, of Blrd-in-Hand, Is cutting 

 mignonette and Silver Pink Antirrhinum of 

 HIGHEST QUALITY."— Florists' Review, Jan. 

 21, Lancaster Notes, page 76. 



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, 

 rannas, Verbenas, Salvias, Snapdragons, 

 VIncas, Mignonette, Heliotrope and Phlox, 

 Tomatoes, Egg Plants, Peppers, Cabbage, 

 Strawberry Plants, Cucumbers. Cantaloupes, 

 Watermelons. Lima Beans, Squash and 

 Sweet Corn. 



Send today. Please mention this paper. 



PROMPT SHIPMENT 



THE DALLEJS FLORAL COMPANY 

 20,000 Square Feet of Glass. 

 The Dalles, Oregon, Jan. 4th, 1910. 

 F. 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 labor. 



Tomato plants which without your pots sell 

 here for $1.00 per 100, RAISED IN YOUR POTS 

 SELL AT $4.00 PER 100. Yours very truly. 



Th e Dalles Floral Co. 



"I raised tomato, cabbage, eggplant and pepper 

 plants in the pots bought of you. They accom- 

 plished their purpose 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 brought me $600." 



D. B. Moses, Purchase, N. Y. 



"We grew about 800 tomato plants in your 

 paper pots for our uncle in Bock Creek. Ohio. 

 There is a canning factory there. 



Our uncle says they were by far THE BEST 

 PLANTS SET OUT 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 us he had a dozen chances to sell 

 them on the way down. 



We got the Paper Pots so our uncle need not 

 send any pots back. The experiment was satis- 

 factory. 



We are MUCH IMPRESSED WITH THE FACT 

 that Paper Pots give so much more root space 

 than other pots. 



We hope to use some 4-inch pots for starting 

 'cukes' and 'toms' for greenhouse work this 

 spring. One firm does greenhouse work only." 

 Gallu p Bros.. Ashtabula. Ohio. 



"The crop from the plants grown in your dirt 

 bands PAID MB THE BEST of any crop of to- 

 matoes grown SINCE I HAVE BEEN IN THB 

 BUSINESS." 

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



"I used the Rochelle dirt bands for early toma- 

 toes and cucumbers with VERY GREAT S'UO 

 CESS. I had an IMMENSE CROP of both toma- 

 toes and cucumbers and both started picking fully 

 15 DAYS BEFORE THE USUAL TIME in this 

 section." 

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



Dunnvllle. Out., Can. 



THE DECORAH GREENHOUSE 

 W. T. Symonds & Sons, Props. 



Decorah, Iowa, Jan. 7, 1914. 

 Messrs. F. W. Rochelle & Sons. Chester. N. J. 



Dear Sirs: Your Paper Pots are one of the 

 best things we ever used for tomato plants. 

 . . . Tomato plants raised in the 4-lnch slse 

 sell readily at FIVE CENTS EACH. 



Yours truly. 

 W. T. Symonds & Stons. 



"We Llehly recommend your Dirt Bands. We 

 had tomatoes the FIRST OF JUNE, and the only 

 tomatoes in Kay Co.. Okla.. this year, DUB EN- 

 TIRELY to using your Dirt Bands and gettlns 

 them out early." 

 Nichols & Son, Market Gardeners, Blackwell, 



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 us on 2, 3 and 4-incb 

 paper pots in large quantities and oblige." 

 Purltas Farm Products Company, Newhnrgh, 



N. Y. 



"I used your Dirt Bands for tomatoes, pepper* 

 and eggplants — «lso for mignonette, heliotrope 

 and helichrysum. I AND MY TRADE WERB 

 PLEAS-ED WITH THEM. I shall use more the 

 coming season." 

 CbtiB. C. Roberts, Lansdowne. Pa. • 



"We got BETTER PLANTS. BIGGER PLANTS 

 AND PLANTS WHICH WERE HEALTHIER 

 AND MORE VIGOROUS THAN IN CLAY POTS." 

 Wm. Schruers, Gardener. Oil (71 ty. Pa. 



"We 'grew early cabbage, tomatoes, eggplant* 

 and peppers in your Dirt Bands. Also used some 

 for carnation cuttings. 



All worked very satisfactorily and they DO' 

 NOT REQUIRE THE ATTENTION THAT 

 SMALL POTS DO. 



We certainly like Dirt Bands." 

 Relmers Bros.. Rapid City, S. Dak. 



"BANDS WILL GIVE BETTER PLANTJT 

 THAN POTS." 

 F. B. Mnrdock & Co., Kingston, Pa. 



"We find that WATERING ALONE SAVES 

 TIME ENOUGH TO PAY OVER CLAY POTS, 

 and with proper handling there Is NO QUESTION 

 BUT A BETTER PLANT CAN BE GROWN." 

 H. Russell & Son, Market Gardeners, Boonville^ 



N. Y. 



"We raised vegetable plants and asters in your 



Paper Pots. They accomplished their purpose. 



They gave BETTER PLANTS THAN THOSE IW 



CLAY POTS AND SOLD AT DOUBLB PBICH."' 



Mt. Gilead Floral Co., Mt Gilead, O. 



t SONS, ■>••><• "• 31 Main Street, CHESTER, N. J. 



