April 3, 1915 



HOETICULTUKE 



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PRUNING PHILADELPHIA RAM- 

 BLERS. 



Dear Sir; Would you please des<Tilje the 

 best way to prune I'ljiladelpliia Kaiul)lerV 

 This is the third year since tliey were 

 planted out. Eacli plant has about ten 

 f*!ines, some of them about six feet long. 

 The plants are six feet apart and growing 

 on a wire trellis. They are planted, every 

 other one red and white. The wiiite ones 

 have made much stronger wood and more 

 of it. Would you please advise me on the 

 best time to prune them; also, if I should 

 thin out the surplus wood. 



A SUBSCRIBER. 



Mass. 



In reply to your inquiry. I find the 

 best way to prune Philadelpliia Ram- 

 bler is just merely cutting the tips of 

 iast year's shoots. The third year of 

 planting out should liave produced 

 blooms last summer. There are too 

 many canes to a plant; ten canes are 

 too many for each plant. Four canes 

 would be plenty. 



It would be well to tie down the ends 

 of the shoots until they begin to break. 

 This will cause more lateral shoots 

 and nearer the base of the jilants. 



The Philadelphia Rambler witli me 

 is not a very profuse bloomer, produc- 

 ing only a few flowers on the tipH of 

 the previous year's growth. They 

 Should be pruned at once and the sur- 

 plus shoots removed, as above stated. 

 M. H. W.u.su. 



Woods Hole, Mass. 



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