Texas Centennial 
How 
To Select 
Healthy 
Roses 
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Buy your bushes from a de¬ 
pendable nurseryman who 
grows his own Roses. 
Select Roses with lots of fiber- 
ous roots. 
See that the roots are moist and 
flexible. 
Branches should be large and 
strong. 
The branches must be full of 
sap, not dry and shriveled. 
The buds on the branches 
should be swollen and already 
starting into growth. 
Buy Roses with permanent 
weatherproof labels. 
Get 2 year field grown bushes 
that were grown in a rigorous 
climate. 
Select Roses that have been 
kept free from disease in the 
nursery. 
Buy Roses that are guaranteed 
to be true to name. 
