-=> Paul Rogers wrote to Fred Mason concerning Roses <=-
 FM> Someone (I got a couple of cobbled qwk packets) mentioned the $1.49
 FM> rose that one finds in the grocery - usually bagged in plastic these
 FM> days.  When they come out I'll probably try a couple.
 PR> NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 PR> Don't waste your time with the "Grade 1 1/2" roses, they aren't worth
 PR> a wooden nickel!  It's CHEAPER to buy the "Grade 1" roses for $6-9.
 PR> This is one thing where buying quality is worth what it costs.
I would have to disagree with you, Paul. Not all of us are as
fortunate as you: we don't live in the "City of Roses", nor have the
climate or soil that Oregon does, where everything you drop on the
ground instantly grows beautifully. (For others, this is true about
Oregon -- my folks and brothers live there, and just about ANYTHING
can grow in Oregon, or so it seems.)
Sometimes the little $1.49 roses can grow where no others can -- as
long as they were properly packaged, and taken care of in the store
until they were purchased.
There is no argument from me that the more expensive roses are
larger, fuller, have more features, but in poor soils and climates
(too hot, too cold, etc.) they just don't seem to survive for many of
us.  As mentioned a few messages ago, my little $1.49 roses have been
growing for me since 1978 -- that made them worth a lot more than a
wooden nickle.  Especially when all of my $10-$35 roses croaked within
a few weeks to months of purchase.  Have you ever watched Japanese
beetles laugh at your insecticides, powders, and bug traps as they
completely devour a large rose bush in a single day?  Not a pretty
picture...  My little cheapie tea roses have survived this and much
more.
... I've saved enough "Marlboro Miles" to get a free iron lung
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