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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 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 proportionate charge is made. The finest 
specimen trees and shrubs may well be compared to Peterson Extra-Grade Roses. 
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 will thus be understood they have completed three years of nursery life. This 
class of stock cannot in any way be compared to the small greenhouse pot-grown 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. Here, in the comparatively 
small Fair Lawn and Paramus sector of Bergen County, New Jersey, and within fifteen 
minutes’ distance of the George Washington Bridge spanning the Hudson, are produced 
some of the finest vegetable crops and nursery plants in the United States on a fertile 
soil admirably adapted for field-grown Roses. 
It is our opinion that there has not yet been any successful method devised whereby 
dormant plants may be merchandised 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. 
Potted Roses for May and June Planting 
Peterson Potted Roses are mature, field-grown plants that have been put into 6-inch 
pots and carried over the winter in deep coldframes. They are then specially handled 
for late spring and early summer planting, so there are none finer to fill in vacancies in 
your garden. They will be growing and may even be in bud when you receive them, but 
may still be planted with absolute safety. Orders received too late in the spring season 
for planting dormant stock will be filled with potted plants sent by express collect in 
waterproof paper pots. 
Customers driving to the nursery to take plants with them will find a good supply 
available in May and June. Many will be in bud, some in bloom, so the selection of varie¬ 
ties is made easy. 
As the season advances, certain varieties we offer may become sold out. However, 
when we are requested or given permission to assist you with the selection, you will 
always receive more than full value. Prices will be the same as for dormant stock. 
Peterson Peonies, grandest of all perennials, are presented 
on pages 25 to 31 
