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growth as possible, as this produces the flowers. Watch 

 for native stock canes from the ground that often appear 

 where budded or grafted stock is used. Remove all of 

 them or they will ruin the rose bush. After blooming cut 

 back about half as much as in the spring to stimulate an- 

 other crop of flowers. When well planted, pruned, and 

 cared for, many of the roses will bloom from May until 

 October. 



Grape Vines — For the best success, grape vines 

 should be pruned so as to renew the canes. There are 

 several methods of the renewal system. Any one or a com- 

 bination of several may be used with success. For arbors 

 prune to get as many new canes as possible each year and 

 at the same time get the effect of the arbor. The simplest 

 renewal system is where the vines are planted eight feet 

 apart, in rows eight or ten feet apart. Posts are set in the 

 row and two wires are stretched upon them. The lowest 

 wire is two and one-half feet from the ground; the upper 

 one is four feet from the ground. The new cane is grown 

 on the lower wire. The fruiting cane is grown on the up- 

 per wire where it gets more light and air which prevents 

 disease. At the end of the season or sometime before the 

 first of March, the upper cane is cut off near the lower 

 wire. The lower one is now carried up to the upper wire 

 where it is tied or fastened with little hooks made for the 

 purpose. A stub of one or two eyes is left near the lower 

 wire and from this the new cane is grown. The fruit is 

 always grown from the new growth on last season's cane. 



Raspberries and Blackberries should always be 

 pruned by cutting out all canes that have fruited. They 

 are best removed by a raspberry hook which is a small 

 sharp hook on a handle about four feet long. 



care 



Many persons fail to realize that shrubs or trees, when 

 once planted, need any care. Trees and shrubs should 

 be unpacked immediately upon their arrival and if they 

 can not be replanted at once, they should be "heeled-in." 



