The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-10-12
BLOOMS MAY BE HAD UNTIL
DECEMBER IN SOME SEC
TIoNS BY PROPER METH
obs OF CULTURE =

from the plants in September ano
October, and even as late as Novem-
Der and early December, in parts OF
the United States where this is pos
slble, is doubly dear to the heart OF
the grower, and there are few
hardy perpetuals which provide fine
flowers in Autumn. The. Frau Kari
.Druschki is one of these. The hybrid
teas, however, are the roses upon
which the main reliance must be
placed for Autumn blooms, according
to John C. Wister, Secretary of the
American Rose Society, who, in the
current issue Of the members hand
book, off IS some suggestions on
caring for roses in Autumn and Win
t@. -. ~.
The old-fashioned roses-the n.y.
brid perpetuals, moss roses, sweet
briers, etc.,-and most of the hardy
climbers of the Multifora and Wi
churiana classes bloom but once, and
in the Autumn fertilizers should be
swithheld, permitting the canes to
slow up in growth and .''ripen," to
endure the winter. ... ..
The hybrid teas "bloom as they
grow" and in early Fall with color
moister weather, they do both. Some
sorts tend to produce very good Fall
blooms. ..
To keep the hybrid teas growing
through the week before frost comes
the ground should be stimed with
one or two through waterings if the
ground is at all dry, says the writer.
It is not wise to apply much, if any,
fertilizer, as there is danger of pro-
noting soft late growth, which is
liable TO freeze. Insects must be kept
off and mildew and black-spot
checked. A good taulching of tobacco
stems is recommended for the in
sects, and for the mildew and black
.spot mixture of ninety parts fine
iy ground sulphur and ten parts pow
dered arsenate of lead, to be busted
upon. the plants.
Scattered blooms are put forth by
the Rugosas in the Autumn. 1t may
be necessary to protect from injury
by wind the tall shoots of such sorts
as Conrad Ferdinand Meyer.
The Department of Agriculture
has published a rose zone map,
which certain classes of roses are
considered hardy without protection.
Mr.. Wistar says that this zoning is
conservative and that the limits may
be safely extended. "With successful
protection" he says, 'any rose is
hardy anywhere. Just what protec-
ton is surely successful is not so
easy to define"
Two points named to keep in mind
in protecting roses are that in To-
calities "where the Winter tempera-
ture does not often or long remain
below zero, the hybrid teas need
protection less from low tempera-
lures than from the drying Winter
winds and the sunshine that stimu-
late them; and second that in re-
gions with long periods of low
temperature and searching winds,
even the hardy climbers must be
completely protected from both cold
and wind"
AS to next years roses, growers
may rest assured that, in all but the
eoldest rose zones, Fall planting of
roses is good practice, provided it is
done early enough to permit some
root growth before hard freezing,
and also provided that sound dor
mant plants can be obtained.
: If Fall planting cannot be mana
ged, at least adequate and thorough
preparation of the rose beds and
horders is urged, insuring ideal con-
ditions for the earliest possible Fall
planting. If the rose grower is wise,
says the Secretary of the American
Rose Society, he will at least prepare
his ground in the Autumn, and Sc
lect and order the rose plants he
wants. "The growers can ship at the
tight time, and he usually sends to
such early birds the best plants"
The rose zone man referred to was
adopted from the United States De-