Show r f Your Garden Infected Stems Siems Cured by Culling Cuffing fo to Pith By Genevieve lc If H. Folsom Telegram Garden Editor Continuing Continuing- the article on pruning pruning pruning prun prun- ing roses Mrs 1 Claude L. L Shields suggests that if you find a carpenter carpenter carpenter car car- penter fly ly or borer borel in your hose hoc cane you cut back the cane until the pith is healthy These pests are usually found when there are holes in the ends of the canes or along along- the stems of the thc rose bush hush All infested parts should be burned Mrs Shields adds this advice on the amount of pruning pruning- needed She states that if the bush in question Has large Jarge thick canes and heavy foliage e spare the shears while the smaller bush with few thorns requires more pruning She also suggests sugg that if the bush has only been seen planted a year and has made little growth then you should merely remove dead wood |