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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 “lieeled-in.” 
