Ida’s
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Ida Bisser
We sometimes think that we my back porch. Maybe they came
have a wild animals’ paradise to empty the cat’s dish which is
around here. There are groun- nearby.
dhogs and raccoons everywhere. When our son Jeffrey stopped
Just last week I saw one of each at here on his way from Maine to
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Georgia, he took his red canoe off . .
of the roof of his car and we went '? h f n *®® a d f® r on ® ur
canoeing. We saw several But we’ve stood in wonder at the
muskrats and a wild, brown duck fe » that wandered our way.
with five little ones. The mother » * nothing unusual to see half a
tried to distract us by swimming dozen 8 re y st l uil Tf ls 88 we
rapidly back and forth while the down our lane. Our corn crib is
little ones swam to the shelter of a ** ie,r biggest attraction. Why, Ive
fallen tree. We paddled from the « li/HI
confluence of the Cocalico Creek pllntmfUlw KOSOS Wwlll
and the Conestoga River to a dam
a distance beyond. The water is
still used to drive a waterwheel
that grinds wheat into flour.
We have one lame, wild goose
that lives here perpetually as its
mate was shot by an over-zealous
hunter who gunned it down beside
our barn. The remaining goose
called in plaintive notes for its
mate for weeks afterward
I’ve even seen a big, red fox
standing behind our house. Both he
and I were surprised to confront
each other. Finally, he turned tail
and ran away. It is a rare occasion
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across the United States soon will
see several new varieties showing
up in florist shops—not long
stemmed, cut, and boxes ones, but
dainty miniature roses growing in
pots.
Scientists at Cornell University
have developed a way to grow
several types of roses in pots in an
effort to make such flowers
available to consumers year
round.
The trick is to control the plant’s
sensitivity to the several key en
vironmental conditions by ad
justing light, fertilization,
watering, and soil mix, according
to Robert W. Langhans, a
floriculturist in the New York State
college of agriculture and life
sciences at Cornell.
Already popular in Holland and
other European countries, the
miniature roses have been grown
in this country by hobbyists only.
To popularize this floral crop here,
the Cornell researchers have been
developing cultural practices to
make such roses available to
anyone who wants them.
“Potted roses are easy to
produce once the right growing
conditions are provided,” says
Langhans. “For miniature roses,
we found that the growing media,
or potting soil mix, turned out to be
the most important factor in
producing healthy plants.”
During the experiment, the
Cornell researchers found that the
regular greenhouse soil mixture
didn’t work well for potted roses
because of poor drainage. Hence,
they changed some of the com
ponents of the mixture by adding a
little more perlite, vermiculite,
and peat moss.
With the new formula, the
drainage improved. That, in turn,
helped prevent disease problems
such as root rots deadly to rose
plants, Langhans explains.
“With a proper soil mixture,
correct amounts of fertilizer, and
daily watering, miniature roses
thrive,” he says. “As a result, we
have succeeded in producing
healthy, uniform plants. ’ ’
Several experimental rose
cultivars being grown by
Langhans and graduate student
Wendy Eustace grow no taller than
five to six inches, yet they produce
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even seen a rabbit, when chased
from my cabbage patch, run into
the brick smokehouse that stands
in the middle of the garden.
Around here one never knows
what to expect next. I hope it is not
a bear.
Delight Flower Loren
colors—red, white, pink, and even
yellow. The blooms measure about
one inch across.
Such miniature roses growing in
containers have one big advantage
over the time-honored cut flowers.
The blooms stay fresh for up to
several weeks, compared with the
short keeping quality of cut roses,
which usually last just a week.
Besides the excellent keeping
quality, potted roses will be sub
stantially cheaper. Langhans
predicts that once they become
available to a mass market, these
roses will sell for less than $5 per
pot. Cut roses now cost $25 or more
per dozen.
“This is a buy-it-once, then
throw-it-away plant,” he says.
“When the roses wilt, you go and
buy more just as you would any
other popular potted flowers, such
as chrysanthemums, cyclamen,
and geraniums.”
Langhans expects that con
tainer-grown roses will probably
begin to hit the market within a
year and will become as common
as other kinds of potted flowers in
florist shops, five-and-dime stores,
and even grocery stores, within
five years.
“The miniature roses will give a
buyer new choices,” says
Langhans. “It’s an attractive
variation of an already enor
mously popular flower. ’ ’
Explaining several key steps
required to grow potted roses,
Langhans says that greenhouse
operators pot rooted plants that
can be obtained from growers
specializing in rooting rose plants.
These rooted plants can be kept in
cold storage to hold them in a
dormant state until they are
needed for potting. Thus, a large
number of potted roses could be
put into production in succession
the year round.
“Once a grower puts those
rooted plants in pots, it takes only
seven to eight weeks to produce
marketable plants in full bloom,”
Langhans says.
Greenhouse operators in many
parts of the country are excited
about the possibility of mass
producing container-grown
miniature roses, according to
Eustace.
“It’s a perfect gift, though less
formal than cut roses, but easily
affordable to most rose lovers,”
she assures.
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