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K Good Roses
PUBLISHED BY
THE CONARD-PYLE CO,
(JtarEose Clrowcrs
Robert Pyle, Fres. ^ West Qrove. Pa,:
February, 1926
A Prize For Prize Winners
To an.one who wins a First Prize in
1926 with a Rose or Roses grown on C.-P.
Star Rose plants, we will, upon authentica-
tion from the official Secretary of the Rose
Show where the Prize was offered, award
an additional or Super-Prize of the great
little 200 page $2.00 book— "How to Grow
Roses" by Robert Pyle.
P. S. Please see that this offer is pub-
lished in your local premium list.
To successfully grow a prize winning
Rose ts one ot the worth while ttimgs m
life. With Star Rose plants our customers
win many prizes at local shows each year,
both in June and in the Fall. Some have
been kind enough to let us know of their
success, and we rejoice to know that our
efforts to produce the best Roses money
can buy, are crowned with success in our
customer's gardens.
One prize winning Rose gives thrills of
delight to probably hundreds or even
thousands of people who see it. It's a
worthwhile thing to spread so much pleas-
ure around, and imagine the feelings of the
proud prize winner.
Know Each of Your Roses
By Name
There is ten times more fun in getting
acquainted with your roses if you can
speak to each one of them by their
respective titles.
Think of being entertained every ev'ening
by the great and near great, by Premiers,
and Presidents and Imperial Potentates;
by the Queen of Fragrance and her ladies
in waiting; by The Duchess of Wellington,
Lafayette and the Bonnie Prince.
What a pleasure it is, when your friends
join .ou to be able to present each of
your favorites by name, the correct name.
This is just another of the many reasons
why so many people prefer Star Roses;
because on every plant there always can
be found the neat, durable, little star
label of celluloid, and there is the name
as plain as day.
To Grow a Prize Winner
Don't pet it too much. Keep it ruggedly
healthy. To begin with — prune severely,
back to three or five eyes on a branch.
Prune early.
Keep well cultivated. Feed with liquid
manure, once in ten days, after the buds
have formed. When more than one bud is
on a stem nip off the side ones.
If the sun is strong and weather is dry,
protect your show blooms with a paper
hood tacked to a light stake. Buds that
have been shaded retain a richer color and
do not open too quickly. Wrap a thread
or two of light wool loosely about the bud
if you wish to prevent it opening too soon.
Cut early in the morning and keep in a
cool dark place in water until show time.
Brief Pruning Hints
Bush Roses
Prune while the plants are yet
dormant. Clean the bush by remo\ ing
the weak and dead branches, leaving only
sturdy stems, and cut back to live wood.
Hybrid Perpetual Roses, such as Paul
Neyron, General Jacqueminot, Frau Karl
Druschki, etc., should have 12 or 18
mches of wood left, as Roses of this tjpe
make their blooms on the laterals that
come from the growth of the previous year.
Hybrid Teas and Teas can be pruned
back to 4 or 5 eyes, as they form their
blooms on the new growth that comes
from the base of the plant.
Climbing Roses
Prune hardy' climbing Roses only
once, and as soon as .ou (can after the\-
are through blooming and before thev
make their summer growth. Cut out old
canes on such varieties as Dorothy Perkins
and Wichuraianas which make a willow^'
growth from the root. Roses like Dr. W.
Van Fleet, and the Climbing Hybrid Teas,
should be pruned back to two eyes from
the old canes and unless the bush needs
thinning, do not cut the long canes of old
wood out as you would do with the
Dorothy Perkins type.
Plant More Hybrid Perpetuals
The Grand old Oak-hardy Hybrid
Perpetual Roses such as General Jacque-
minot, Magna Charta, Paul NejTon,
Ulrich Brunner and many others should
be planted more than they are, for once
planted they are there to stay for years
and they require little care. As a rule,
they bloom only in June, but, such
blooms!, and if they are pruned back
severely after the June blooms have gone,
they generally bloom again in the fall.
JVIake room for some of these old veterans
that gave such glory to our Grandmothers'
gardens.
Are Roses Like Chameleons?
Everyone who grows Roses should know
that different soils and different' seasons
will make great changes in the colors of the
flowers, and this is particularly noticeable
in the tinted and light colored varieties
like Ophelia, Betty, Florence Pemberton,
etc. The chemical composition of .our
soil may be so different from that of . our
neighbor that Roses of the same name,
from the two gardens, might look like two
distinct varieties, as far as color is con-
cerned, but the form will remain the same.
One notable instance of change of color
was when Mr. Gurney Hill of Richmond,
Indiana, who has produced such grand
Roses as Columbia, Sensation, Premier,
etc., was visiting the world-famous Dick-
son Rose Nurseries in Ireland. He was
shown a new rose and he remarked that it
was familiar to him but could not name it.
He was told he should know it, as it was
one of his own new varieties that he had
sent over for trial, but the color was so
changed in the cool, moist Irish climate
that he did not recognize his own "baby"!
If the colors of your Roses do not always
match the catalog description to a T,
just remember Mr. Hill's experience.
Souv. de Claudius Pernet— Sunflower Yellow
This marvelous yellow rose, Souv. de
Claudms Pernet, was named by Mons.
Pernet, in honor of one of his beloved boys
whom he .ost durinp'the World War. S.t a r
size plants SI. 50.
Test Garden Notes
October was cold, rainy and the latter
part was marked by killing frost, which
however, did not seem to affect certain
Roses. It was a good season to note the
varieties that are tall growers and which
as such should either be grouped together
or form a background for lower ones.
Lady Ashtown, Lady Ursula, Etoile
de France, La Tosca, the three Radiances
(Red, Pink, and Mrs. Charles Bell), Lady
Pirrie, Betty Uprichard, Florence Pem-
berton, Isobel and Konigin Carola are tall.
Padre is distinctive for two reasons;
beautiful long pointed buds of an original
coloring, but has them on long "stilts" —
does not break at the base.
Imperial Potentate and Red Radiance
continued to bloom long after others had
succumbed to the frost, and their foliage
is surprisingly persistent.
President Cherioux and Gorgeous seem
to revel in late Autumn weather, their
sparkling tints and sizes were unusual.
Independence Day, disappointing (as
many are) in hot weather seemed to
repent her mid-summer slovenliness and
called our attention with a crop of blooms
darker, almost orange and much fuller
than at any other season.
But the outstanding queen of them all
was Konigin Carola; magnificent large
and perfect blooms which brought back to
mind Admiral Ward's words "The Queen
(Caroline Testout) is dead, long live the
Oueen (Konigin Carola). Undoubtedly
one of the best pinks, all season, but
especially in the Autumn."

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Do not for a moment get the idea
that our display garden is the limit of our
resources in Roses to show you. You might
be interested to pass into the Test Garden,
where every creditable new variety deemed
worthy is being tried out; and you might
even have time to go with us to our fields,
where almost 100,000 of the finest
Hybrid Teas to be seen in the East will be
blooming. But if you only have time for a
peep-in, remember to stop a few minutes
at Rose Hill and Rose Corner on the Mid-
dle Atlantic Coast Highway, Route 12,
40 miles from Philadelphia, 70 miles from
Baltimore. You will be welcome.
"STAR GUIDE TO GOOD ROSES", OUR 100 PAGE CATALOG, IS FREE.
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