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CLIMBING HYBRID TEAS 
Not enough people realize that there 
is such a thing as an Everblooming 
Clinbing Hybrid Tea Rose. Except for 
their climbing habit, these roses are ex- 
actly like the bush hybrid teas. 
they are climbers, don’t expect too much 
Since 
flowering during their first growing sea- 
son. Our climate seems to suit them very 
nicely, but to give them a chance to be- 
come well established, protect them from 
Winter injury the first Winter. All of 
WHEN TO PLANT... 
the climbing hybrid teas will do well here, 
so you have a wide selection to choose 
from. 
BUSH ROSES 
For new Hybrid Tea Bush Roses that 
are really decided improvements over the 
old, we highly recommend these: 
Capistrano, Mission Bells, New York- 
er, Nocturne, Sutters Gold, Peace. 
FLORIBUNDAS 
Outstanding among the Floribundas 
are Goldilocks, Red Pinocchio, Fashion, 
Plant the Floribundas 
around the edge of your rose bed—in beds 
and Marjorie. 
of their own or in perennial border. 
Concerning rain—plant before a rain (if you are a better weather prophet than 
the Weather Bureau) but never during or just after a rain. Wait until the soil is 
dry enough to crumble or fall freely from your hand after squeezing. If soil particles 
adhere to each other or form mud ball—it is too wet. 
New roots cannot force their 
way into earth that has been caused to cake by planting when the soil is too wet. Never 
let the soil get hard and caked around the plants. 
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