. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. April 5, 1917. The FIcjrists' Review 19. This has been my experience and I now leave the subject open for further discussion. STOCK FOB JUNE CLEABANOE. I have a farm at Russell, Fla., on which I expect to start a nursery next fall. I have 7,000 3-inch pots that I have not room for under glass. I would like to plant some hardy flowers in them that would bloom in June, so that I could sell pots and all when I sell my geraniums. Dwarf sweet peas have been suggested to me. Would they be good for this purpose, L. S.—O. KNECHT'S ROSE CULTURE. [A paper by
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. April 5, 1917. The FIcjrists' Review 19. This has been my experience and I now leave the subject open for further discussion. STOCK FOB JUNE CLEABANOE. I have a farm at Russell, Fla., on which I expect to start a nursery next fall. I have 7,000 3-inch pots that I have not room for under glass. I would like to plant some hardy flowers in them that would bloom in June, so that I could sell pots and all when I sell my geraniums. Dwarf sweet peas have been suggested to me. Would they be good for this purpose, L. S.—O. KNECHT'S ROSE CULTURE. [A paper by Frank J. Knecht, of Fort Wayne, Ind., read at a meeting of the Fort Wayne Flo- rists' Club February 22, 1917.] It is my wish to confine the subject strictly to the growing of roses on own roots, for cut flowers. I can only offer you the results of my own practice and observation, and shall be as brief as pos- sible. The subject is one of consider- able importance to the trade, being, as it is, surrounded by so many different conditions, soils, fertilizers and treat- ments. This would seem to account for the somewhat diverse opinions held by some growers. I can lay claim to no more knowledge on the subject than most of you, and would have preferred to be a listener rather than a speaker. But I hope to suggest to your minds points of interest that, through discus- sion, may be of value to us all. First:' Why do we graft a rose that will do well on its own root? I believe roses that are grown today for cut flow- ers do better on their own roots than when ;^ I have tried both meth- ods, but it seems that there is a sort of a craze for grafting, and grafting it is for the large grower, who gets dou- ble the price for stock he sells to the small grower. This is the point to the large grower. My roses produce just as many flowers to the plant on their own bottoms as those grafted, and I believe they are better. The First Move. The important point is to plant good stock
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