On (06 Mar 98) wl-ski wrote to Jim Venedam...
 JV> ...should I leave it on the stem or take it off? ...
 w > It's your's... but if you are cutting your bush back, why would
 w > you want to leave it?  It isn't productive to the bush,  but only
 w > to the production of the *rose hip*...  not at all bad for you, but
 w > the bush could care less ...   :)   
 
Hmmmm.... I guess I knew the bush didn't need it, since the 
stem below the hip was dead and it broke off easily. I don't 
know why I thought it might be storing energy. Even if it was, 
the bush couldn't use it.
I guess it's a "fruit"? 
I know I've seen rose hips in some vitamin C pills.
It's funny, how nature can make such vivid colors out of dirt.
The bush I was just messing with, has a dark red rose. It was 
here when I moved in. The ones I planted are that tangerine 
color that they sell in impatiens.
Jimvee
 
 
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