On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 08:41:04 -0600, "Tim Tompkins"
wrote:

It is better to get as much of the 'root ball' as possible to preserve the
feeder roots than to 'bare root' it.

No, Tim. It is much better to bare root an older, established rose
because it is then POSSIBLE to move the thing without a backhoe.