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Farr Nursery Company, Weiser Park, Penna. 
Roses for 1935 
WHERE TO PLANT 
Select a sunny location and, if you have a choice, locate the 
Rose-bed where sunlight will not flood it until midday. Avoid 
low, poorly drained soil. The best soil is a rich clay loam, but 
Roses do well in almost any ground if it is fertilized, drained, 
and cultivated. 
HOW TO PLANT 
Preparing Beds. Allow about 3 square feet of area for each 
Rose. A bed 9 feet long and 4 feet wide will be large enough for 
a dozen Roses. Prepare the bed as a unit by spading deeply 
(18 inches) and working in a generous amount of well-rotted 
cow-manure. If cow-manure is not availadle, use Vigoro at the 
rate of 5 pounds per 100 square feet. 
Dormant Plants. Dig each hole at least 15 inches square 
and 15 inches deep. Set the plant so that the junction of the 
root and top will be well under the surface of the ground when it 
is leveled off. Work fine soil among the rootlets, tamp it firmly 
with the fingers, and when all roots are covered, tramp it solid. 
Cut away all but three or four of the best stems and shorten 
them to about 6 inches. Dormant plants cannot be transplanted 
after April 10. 
Potted Plants. When planting potted Roses, care must be 
exercised not to break the “pot ball” of earth which comes on 
each plant. Each potted Rose is supplied with a paper pot to 
keep the ball from breaking. Removal of this pot should be 
delayed until just before planting. For safety in handling, do 
not transplant potted Roses until they are “pot-bound,” about 
May 20. 
SUBSEQUENT CARE OF ROSES 
As soon as foliage appears, spray the plants every week with 
Triogen. Do this whether any disease is apparent or not. It 
will prevent mildew, black-spot, and plant-lice, all of which are 
difficult to eradicate when once started. Every month, add 
Vigoro at the rate of 4 pounds per 100 square feet, and rake in 
well. Water thoroughly if the weather is dry. Cultivate the top 
2 inches of the bed every week. The labor of cultivating and 
watering can be lessened by covering the Rose-bed about June 
with a 2-inch mulch of peat moss. 
In fall, mound up soil around 
the plants and cover the ground 
with litter, to prevent alternate 
freezing and thawing. 
How to Cut Roses. The aim 
in cutting Roses, in addition to 
perfect form, is to obtain as long 
stems as possible. Cutting should 
be done with a sharp knife or 
shears; breaking or tearing off is 
damaging practice. Cut when the 
bud is half open, at dawn or dusk, 
and place in cool water immedi¬ 
ately, away from drafts and strong 
light. Snip off a bit of the stem 
and change the water each day. 
WHEN TO PLANT 
Dormant Roses received before April 10 by mail 
Dormant Roses must be ordered early. They must be shipped 
before the leaves appear, during early April. After that time, 
moving them is almost certain to result in failure. 
Potted Roses received after May 20 
To Customers within 75 Miles. After the leaves appear, 
Roses may not be disturbed unless and until they are safely 
“pot-bound,” i.e. can be taken out of the pot with ball of earth 
solid and intact. Our Roses become pot-bound about May 20, 
and after that date we can, therefore, again supply these Roses 
with a growth guarantee, but only to customers within delivery 
or visiting limits, at these prices. 
To Customers beyond 75 Miles. We can supply potted 
Roses to more distant customers by mail or rail shipment, at a 
packing charge (plus transportation) to cover the cost of the 
extra care and materials necessary for protection of the tender 
leaves and “pot-ball” of earth. Packing charges quoted on 
request, according to nature of order. 
