On Mon, 3 Feb 2003 18:31:43 -0500, "Scopata Fuori"
wrote:

And when they're marked down to $2 and they're so sorry looking, yet with
great canes, I can't help it.

One thing you have to watch out for is that the 'bagged bare root'
roses that you buy cheaply at Wal-Mart are almost 100 percent infected
with Rose Mosaic Virus. A lot of the generic Texas rose growers just
don't care about you and flood the market with these defective plants.

Now RMV won't kill the plants, but it does hurt them in the vigor
department and can sometimes cause the bush to look quite bad.

Bob Bauer
Zone 6 in Salt Lake City