Qeorge H. ‘Teterson, Inc., Fair Faun, A {etc Jersey 
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The Sizes We Offer 
NO. 1 GRADE AND EXTRA GRADE 
Mainly for the benefit of new and prospective customers, we wish to explain that our 
No. 1 Grade is the size the general nurseryman sells as his best plants. Our Extra Grade 
denotes those plants having the greatest number of strong canes and branches and the 
heaviest root-systems. Naturally, the Extra-Grade plants with this large root-system 
will produce more Roses the first year and thereby give the effect of an established Rose- 
garden. The quality and age of both sizes are the same. We emphasize the fact that our 
small-size plants are never sold through regular retail channels. 
This careful method of grading assures you of getting plants uniform in size; it removes 
the element of chance so you do not have to depend on luck to get the very best Roses 
obtainable. It is the only fair and honest way to sell Roses, even though some of our 
friendly competitors would have you believe that “run-of-the-row” plants are “just as 
good.” There must be a good reason why it is customary for our biggest wholesale 
Rose-growers to offer three sizes, according to rules set up by the American Association 
of Nurserymen. Most of you have bought trees and other nursery stock in the past and 
know that the size and shape of trees in the same row varies considerably so that a pro¬ 
portionate charge is made. The finest specimen trees and shrubs may well be compared 
to Peterson Extra-Grade Roses. It is our firm opinion that high-quality Rose plants will 
be in greater demand this spring than they have been for the past five years. Please do 
not delay in ordering them w r ell in advance of the planting season. 
The Stock We Send Out 
Our Rose plants are all grown in the open field. The seeds of Rosa multiflora japonica 
are first sown and the following year the largest seedlings are planted in the nursery row. 
Upon this strong and vigorous seedling understock we then bud (graft) in midsummer the 
many cultivated varieties. These newly budded plants remain in the field over the winter 
and are then dug and offered for sale during late autumn and early spring of the following 
years. It w’ill thus be understood they have completed three years of nursery life. This 
class of stock cannot in any w r ay be compared to the small greenhouse pot-growm Roses 
and discarded bench Roses which may well be sold at but a fraction of our cost of 
production. 
So there is no mystery in what makes Peterson Roses different—better. It is simply 
the attention we pay year in and year out to the hundred and one details which the 
average nurseryman cannot, or will not, give to his Roses. 
We know there are disappointments with newly planted Roses because they have 
been improperly handled on their way to the consumer. It is our opinion that there has 
not yet been any successful method devised whereby dormant plants may be merchan¬ 
dised as, for example, packaged goods on store shelves. On the other hand, distance is 
no barrier to the delivery of fresh-packed Roses provided you order them sent direct 
from the grower. 
Why You Should Order Roses Early 
First of all, due to 1933-34 winter losses and drought, reports reach us that good 
Roses w ill be scarce this spring. This w r as even true last spring when it was necessary for 
us to return unfilled orders before the end of the planting season. 
Secondly, early planting of dormant Roses is the first and important step toward 
your ultimate success. Just as soon as the frost leaves the ground so it is workable is the 
time to plant Peterson Roses. Late spring frosts do absolutely no harm to our class of 
hardy, field-grown plants. 
Third, it naturally follows that orders sent in soon after the Catalog is received will 
be sure to receive the best plants at the proper planting-time for your locality. 
4945 Finkman St., St. Louis, Mo., October 22, 1934 
Your Roses did exceptionally well, especially ajter our long, dry, and very bot summer. Our Roses 
were tbe attraction oj tbe neighborhood .—Louis J. Lehmann. 
Ill E. Main St., Waynesboro, Pa., May 12, 1934 
Mv Roses all wintered over fine, not losing one out of tbe 75 I have. I bad them well banked with 
clay soil. Your Roses are tbe finest I ever got from anyone. —J. G. Dayhoff. 
