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The Garden Magazine, March, 1923 
The Harris Ever-Ready 
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LIME FOR BETTER ROSES 
INTERESTING lime tests with My Maryland 
' and Killarney Roses were conducted over a 
two-year period—beginning the spring of iqio 
and ending the fall of 1912—at the New Jersey 
State Agricultural Experiment Station. 
The experiment was conducted on a side bench, 
three feet wide and thirty feet long. Plots 1 and 
4 were left as checks. Plots 2 and 5 each received 
15 1 grams of lime oxide equivalent, which is at 
the rate of 952 pounds of oxides to the acre, while 
plots 3 and 6 each received 454 grams of lime 
oxide equivalent, or 2,800 lbs. to the acre. 
Penn loam, a red shale loam, was the soil used, 
and this tested neutral with litmus when placed 
in the benches. Chemical fertilizer made up of 
acid phosphate, sulfate of potash, and concen¬ 
trated tankage was the form of plant-food applied 
throughout the experiment. 
Seven plants of My Maryland and eight plants 
of Killarney were set upon each plot early in June, 
1910. The first crop of flowers was cut Septem¬ 
ber 17 to November 9, and showed no marked 
difference between the plots either as to number 
or grade, although a slight variation in favor of 
the unlimed plots. The second crop, cut January 
11 to April 22, 1911, likewise showed but little 
variation between plots, the slight differences 
that did occur favoring the high-lime plots 3 and 
6. The results from the third crop, April 28 to 
May 31, 1911, were very similar to those of the 
previous crops, again showing a very slight aver¬ 
age gain in favor of plots 3 and 6. 
LIME NEED APPARENT THE SECOND YEAR 
In June, 1911, 151 grams of lime oxide equiv¬ 
alent were applied for a second time to plots 
2 and 5, and 454 grams to plots 3 and 6, the 
check plots receiving none as at the beginning of 
the experiment. 
In the fourth crop, cut July 17 to August 12, 
Killarney showed a marked falling off on the 
check plots, the first indication of a difference 
between My Maryland and Killarney as to their 
respective acid-tolerance requirements. The 
latter, however, while giving evidence of being 
distinctly affected by lack of lime, showed no 
preference as between the plots receiving 151 and 
454 grams of lime oxide equivalent. The fifth 
crop, cut from September to December 11, 1911, 
was a reflection of the fourth, with no interesting 
differences. 
In the sixth crop, cut May 22 to July 15, 1912, 
My Maryland showed a marked falling off on the 
check plots—ten months later than it occurred 
with Killarney. In the case of both varieties, 
there were in this crop marked differences in yield 
between the plots receiving 151 grams of oxides 
and those receiving 454 grams. By the time of 
the seventh cutting, September and October, 
1912, most of the Killarney plants on the check 
plots were dead. The Maryland plants, on the 
no-lime plots, while still carrying foliage were 
making scarcely any growth, and before long 
would have begun to die. 
The results seem to warrant the following con¬ 
clusions: 
1. Soil acidity is seldom indicated by the 
growth of the plant until the roots have become 
seriously affected. 
2. Lack of lime eventually causes the color of 
flowers to grow very light. 
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