Commercial rose culture under glass and outdoors; a practical guide to modern methods of growing the rose for market purposes . starting up in this way, is the report ofMr. Alexander Montgomery, as there is not the same dangerof yellowing, but otherwise there is no advantage in graftingthis variety. The Winter treatment is much the same as for otherRoses; 60° to 62° is a good night temperature. So long asthe tops look red you can be reasonably sure that you willget a flower. In the vicinity of Philadelphia they say thatif the buds are formed by Thanksgiving they will be in time AMERICAN BEAUTY
Commercial rose culture under glass and outdoors; a practical guide to modern methods of growing the rose for market purposes . starting up in this way, is the report ofMr. Alexander Montgomery, as there is not the same dangerof yellowing, but otherwise there is no advantage in graftingthis variety. The Winter treatment is much the same as for otherRoses; 60° to 62° is a good night temperature. So long asthe tops look red you can be reasonably sure that you willget a flower. In the vicinity of Philadelphia they say thatif the buds are formed by Thanksgiving they will be in time AMERICAN BEAUTY ROSE 119 for Christmas. In the neighborhood of Boston it takes aboutten days longer. About six weeks is required, generallyspeaking. No two places or seasons will be exactly watch must be kept for thrips. If this gets a foot-hold, it will very soon do a lot of damage. Tobacco stems,burned often enough, will destroy it and will not hurt theplants, but care must be used in fumigating when the budsshow color or the flowers will be damaged. Up to that timetobacco smoke, reasonably applied, will not hurt Double Rosa rugosa, or Rosa rugosa fl. pl. CHAPTER XVII Bunch Roses THE culture of this class of Roses varies but little fromthat of the general run of greenhouse grown kinds. Asa rule they are somewhat dwarfer and do not require so muchheadroom; neither do they require much tying, nor so muchdisbudding. They may be planted at the same time as the others, andcultural conditions in regard to watering, temperature,feeding, drying off, restarting, etc., are about the same, asis also the practice of pinching to regulate the crop. Afew plants of these varieties will be found very profitable,either for the grower who retails his own product, or forthe wholesaler. As a rule, perhaps from lo to 2,0 percent of the area to be planted with Roses might be devotedto them. The most popular and important of the so-called bunch Roses is Cecile Brunner, which might occupy abo
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