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SUPER ROSE BUSHES 
Grown by RAFFEL’S NEW METHOD 
In the past, more thought was given to new varieties of roses than to better methods of 
growing them. The own root rosebushes of years ago lacked vigor. Later the two-year 
old budded rosebushes were claimed to have the vigor from the wild rootstock they are 
budded on. They have some of this vigor, but a small amount, as the hybrid-tea foliage 
does not supply this fast growing root with sufficient carbon dioxide from the air, thus 
-slackening up the growth of the roots. 
After some years of experimenting we discovered a method, which if properly followed, 
will supply the rootstock with sufficient carbon dioxide, so the hybrid-tea bush budded on 
it will grow about as fast as the wild stock in its natural state. 
Using this method, we are able to grow much larger plants of bush and tree roses in one 
year than by the old method in two years, and after they are planted in the rose gardens, 
they will produce many times more and much larger flowers. Two tree roses grown by 
this method in our rose garden during 1938, their fourth year, had over 1600 flowers each. 
Bush roses grown by this method do as well as tree roses. 
Super Bush Roses planted in our rose garden March 1st, 1938, have made more than three 
times the growth and have produced many times the number of flowers that ordinary 
two year old bushes did planted alongside of them at the same time. 
The method used in our nursery is to plant the wild Odorata cuttings during the winter 
months, and in the latter part of June or first of July insert three buds of the hybrid-tea 
variety instead of one as is usually done. These buds are forced out without removing 
the growth of the Odorata (wild stock). Thus the foliage of the wild stock supplies 
the buds with accurate amount of carbon dioxide from the air during the whole of the 
growing season. 
By digging time we have very large bushes, many of them three to four feet high. All being 
well branched and with large, well branched root system. When planted in the garden 
these bushes require more space than regular bushes. 
When digging these, we cut the hybrid-tea and also the wild tops back to about twelve 
inches. After planting them in the rose garden, the wild top is allowed to grow along 
with the hybrid-tea. Plant the “Super Bush Roses” so the lower bud or where they start 
branching from the main stump will be level with the ground. Cut out any wild growth 
that may grow from beneath this bud joint, but leave the wild growth which grows out 
above where the hybrid-teas are budded on. Occasionally a wild branch will grow 
straight upward. These can be tied downward, or bent beneath the other growth giving 
the rose garden a better appearance. 
The wild growth spreads out and downward, shades the ground and grows very little after 
the first year, but supplies the roots with the necessary amount of carbon dioxide. You 
may have one bush out of a large number that the wild will show more growth than the 
hybrid-tea. In this case you must thin some of the wild out. It is best to allow not more 
than one-half as much to grow the first year, as you have growth on the hybrid-tea top. 
If you do not care to have this wild growth spread on the ground, you may cut it part 
way back, or you can cut it all off and the hybrid-tea bush will be much superior to 
ordinary bushes. On some of the bushes the wild may die out but you will find they will 
be far superior to regular bushes. 
When pruning these Super Rose Bushes do not cut the hybrid-tea branches back quite as 
heavy as you do your regular bushes. If there is less than one-half as much wild growth 
as hybrid-tea, leave the wild unpruned. But if there is more thin some out. 
Try to visit our nursery and see how wonderfully these bushes grow and bloom. 
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