PRUNING 



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pruned to the same height. Prune early in Spring for main pruning, 

 because the shoots are apt to freeze back if done in Fall or Winter. 

 The canes of the strongest varieties, which may be eight or nine feet 



Pruning Shrubs 



1, An unpruned example. 2, Pruned so that all the branches are of equal length. This 



is improper but all too commonly practiced. 3, Growths thinned out and shortened. 



This is the correct method. It is the same shrub in each case 



long, should be shortened a third in Autumn to prevent the injurious 

 whipping by the Autumn winds. 



Hybrid Teas 



The Hybrid Teas should hardly be pruned as severely as the 

 Hybrid Perpetuals, otherwise the treatment is the same. 



