
PLANTING 

Showing the “bud” 
placed just under the 
surface when planted. 
getting dry. 

Keeping the roots in water or thin 
mud until planted to prevent their 


JANUARY 
This is a good month for dormant 
spray. When we have a few dry 
days get busy, first pick up and dis- 
pose of old leaves from the ground 
and remove any foliage which per- 
sists on the canes. Such leaves are 
an important source of disease in- 
fection. Spray bushes thoroughly 
with commercial LIQUID lime—sul- 
fur at rate of ONE gallon to EIGHT 
gallons of water. 

MAY 
Spray or dust at regular TEN day 
intervals. Apply *Special Rose Fer- 
tilizer, 6-10-14 formula, according to 
directions, water in. It is well to 
give the beds a good watering every 
week. Hybrid Teas can be disbud- 
ded at TWO-THREE-day intervals, 
ee only the terminal bud on a 
shoot. 

SEPTEMBER 
Spray or dust at FIVE- to SEVEN- 
day intervals. Failure to spray or 
dust at regular intervals during this 
month will allow mildew to get a 
start and ruin your blooms for the 
fall bloom. Water, SOAK beds at 
TWO-week intervals if rainfall for 
the month is below normal. Apply 
Rose Fertilizer at weekly intervals, 
beginning the first week in Sep- 
tember. 

FEBRUARY 
If bushes have not been given a 
dormant spray in January they 
MUST be sprayed the forepart of 
this month or else spray injury to 
the new shoots will result. If the 
buds have started growing before 
the bushes can be sprayed, de- 
crease the strength of the LIQUID 
lime—sulfur, using ONE gallon to 
TEN or TWELVE gallons of water. 
Around the 15th of the month ap- 
ply from FOUR to SIX inches of 
cow manure to the beds. 

JUNE 
Spray or dust at regular TEN-day 
intervals. Water beds well at week- 
ly intervals... A mulch of some sort 
should be applied to the soil during 
this month if cow manure has not 
been previously applied to hold 
moisture. 

OCTOBER 
Spray or dust at TWO-week inter- 
vals, thereby making disease easier 
to control the following season. No 
water or fertilizer is needed this 
month. 

PRUNING 
Se 
A Hybrid Tea pruned 
close in spring. 

Result of close pruning 
—low, compact bush, 
large flowers. 
Climber in bloom. Note the 
new growth, 
ROSE CALENDAR 
MARCH 
Weather regulates your pruning 
during this month, it is always safe 
to prune from the middle of this 
month to the latter part so that a 
late frost will not kill premature 
growth. Spraying or dusting for the 
control of diseases and insect pests 
should begin as the first leaves un- 
fold, which will generally take 
place the latter part of March. 

JULY 
Spray or dust at regular TEN-day 
intervals. DO NOT spray or dust 
when temperature is above 85 de- 
grees. Water beds at weekly inter- 
vals. DO NOT FERTILIZE. During 
latter part of month cut back some 
of the more ‘‘stocky’’ canes about 
SIX inches to stimulate new growth 
for the fall blooms. 

NOVEMBER 
It is advisable to give your bushes 
a preliminary pruning or ‘‘topping’’ 
to minimize possible root damage 
during high winds and early frost. 
New roses may be planted this 
month, 
Courtesy Portland Rose Society 
An established Hybrid 
Tea Rose pruned high 
in spring. 

The result of high 
pruning. Note bare legs 
and tall growth. 

Afier blooming remove wood which 
bloonred, keeping new growth. 

APRIL 
It is well to spray or dust the bush- 
es regularly every Ten days. During 
the latter part of month, a *Special 
Rose Fertilizer, 6-10-14 formuta, 
should be applied according to di- 
rections on package. Water in. 

AUGUST 
Spray or dust at regular TEN-day 
intervals. Water, SOAK beds at 
weekly intervals. DO NOT apply 
any fertilizer on the bushes during 
this month or root injury may re- 
sult. 

DECEMBER 
New roses may be planted from the 
latter part of November up until 
May ist. A winter spray of lime 
and sulfur may be given if dry 
weather prevails. 

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