FARR NURSERY COMPANY, WEISER PARK, PENNA. 
Top Quality Roses for 1938 
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 available, use Vigoro at the 
rate of 5 pounds per 1 00 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 ex¬ 
ercised 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 15th. 
Subsequent Care of Roses 
As soon as foliage appears, spray the plants every week with 
Triogen. See page 35. 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 
top 2 inches of the bed every week. 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. In Spring, 
cut back hard alongside outer 
edge of lower buds, when remov¬ 
ing mounded soil. 
How to cut Roses. Cutting 
should be done with a sharp 
knife or shears; breaking or 
tearing off is a damaging practice. 
Cut with long stems 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 15 
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 1 5th, 
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, ac¬ 
cording to nature of order. 
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