The point is that NO REPTILE NEEDS OR BENEFITS IN ANY WAY FROM BRUMATION, period.
Its a dead subject, every year someone tries to argue this, its already been proven a zillion times, if you see results otherwise your doing something wrong, or as I said, "not seeing the ocean through the waves".
Regardless of what you think about apple trees needing so many hours below freezing to produce fruit, its doesnt work that way either, nor do roses need it.
This last year was one of the warmest winters on record, my apples (and everyone else who grows them in this state) were the biggest crop in over 20 years. My roses had to be cut back 3 times this summer, and twice this spring because they grew over my house roof (all but 2 plants), in colder winters it seems a miracle if the plants survive, and they grow so little in comparison, the rose flowers were very plentiful this year.
The warm spring, long warm summer and fall were the reason for those trees and plants to do so good.
I could care less what the species name of the plants and trees we grow are, I know them by their common names, also taught to me by the people who taught me how to grow and care for them, who were taught by there parents, and so on.
Common sense, a warm year with lots of rain, plants grow better, a cold year or a draught they do badly, its not rocket science, people have been doing this for thousands of years.
All of the publications in the world add up to a big pile of kindling if they serve no real purpose or produce no results.
It doesnt take a masters degree to figure this stuff out.
The only reason most apple trees do so much better outdoors is space, how many people have the room to keep a 20 plus year old tree thats 25-35 ft high, and just as big around indoors? Very few I guess.
The only thing that helps apple trees and roses with LATE freezing, is the insects are held at bay while the buds, young shoots, and leaves are developing in plant life resistant to freezing.

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