Table 3. Shoot characteristics according to time of pruning.

	Time of pruning(Month. Day)
	1st (5.6)	2ed (5.18)	3th (6.1)	4th (6.15)	5th (6.21)
Length (cm)	14.7±1.3^a^z	12.3±2.2^b	9.0±3.0^c	9.5±1.3^c	1.2±2.2^b
Diameter (cm)	1.2±0.2^a	1.0±0.1^b	0.7±0.1^d	0.7±0.1^d	0.9±0.1^c
No. of leaves (ea)	5.4±0.7^a	5.4±0.7^a	4.0±0.7^c	4.4±0.5^b	4.4±0.6^b
Weight (g)	11.2±3.6^a	7.8±2.1^b	2.7±1.7^d	3.1±0.9^d	5.3±1.8^c
Length of petiole (cm)	6.2±0.9^a	5.4±1.5^a	3.6±1.4^b	3.6±0.7^b	5.4±1.3^a
No. of thorn under the shoot (ea)	41.7±14.8^b	44.5±15.0^b	54.5±12.5^a	57.3±12.8^a	59.7±20.8^a

Duncan’s multiple range tests (Significant at p=0.05)