PRUNING 



the year when the buds commence to break; even in 

 climates where there is no frost roses will have a 

 dormant season, and the time the buds begin to 

 break will be the proper time to prune in such local- 

 ities. Usually in such climates the dormant season 

 of the rose is the time during which it does not get 

 any water, that is, during the dry season. With the 

 return of the rains the dormant plant commences 

 further growth. This refers, of course, to climates 

 in which there is practically no whiter, i.e., no 

 frost. 



When the buds begin to push out on all the living 

 wood, the operator can more readily see exactly 

 how much wood is dead and which needs to be 

 thinned out, and just how much wood is living on 

 each cane; therefore this is the best time in which 

 to prune roses in all climates. 



In the spring pruning it will sometimes be found 

 that canes of the weaker varieties have died back 

 after a very severe winter to a smaller number of 

 buds than above noted or given in our list, though 

 these exceptions should be rare. If the wood has 

 died back to any extent you will, of necessity, be 

 forced to prune to the first good bud or eye below the 

 winter killed portion without reference to the num- 

 ber of buds, even if the cane is shorter than that 

 left by the usual system. This information is a 



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