Super Rose Bushes 
Grown by Raffel’s New Method 
The method used in our nursery is to plant the wild Odorata cuttings during the winter months, 
and in the latter part of May or first part of June 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 Odorate (wild stock). 
By digging time we have very large bushes, all being well branched and with large, well 
branched root systems. When planted in the garden these bushes require more space than 
regular bushes as they grow much larger. 
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 cut out. 
The wild growth grows very little after the first year. You may have one bush out of a large 
number that the wild will show more strength than the bybrid-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 to 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 still 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. 
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Heavy No. 1 grade bushes—$1.25 each; $12.50 per dozen. 
Autumn Mrs. Pierre S. Dupont 
Brasier Night 
Christopher Stone Numa Fay 
Condesa de Sastago Pedralbes 
Dickson’s Perfection Phyllis Gold 
Duchess of Penaranda Picture 
Editor McFarland Pres. Herbert Hoover 
Etoile de Hollande Princess Marina 
Faience Raffel’s Pride 
Hinrich Gaede Raffel’s Yellow 
J. Otto Thilow Red Hoover 
Korovo Red Talisman 
Mari Dot Snowbird 
McGredy’s Ivory Talisman 
McGredy’s Wonder Treasure Island 
McGredy’s Yellow Victoria Harrington 
Mme. Bollaert 
We have very fine Super Bushes of the following Patented varieties. 
Heavy No. 1 grade bushes $1.50 each; $16.20 per dozen. 
Apricot Queen 
California 
Charlotte Armstrong 
Commando 
Douglas MacArthur 
Heart’s Desire 
Major Shelley 
Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek 
Mirandy 
Pearl Harbor 
Santa Anita 
Stockton Beauty 
The Chief 
Will Rogers 
