LESSON FOR THE FARM 



Published semi-monthly throughout the year by the New York State College of 

 Agriculture at Cornell University. Entered as second-class matter October 13, 191 1, 

 at the post ofi5ce at Ithaca, N. Y., under the Act of Congress of July 16, 1894 



L. H. Bailey, Director 

 Course for the Farm, Royal Gilkey, Supervisor 



VOL. X. Wo. 22 



ITHACA, N. Y. 

 AUGUST 15, 1912 



FRUIT GROWING SERIES No. 2 



THE CULTURE OF THE CURRANT AND THE GOOSEBERRY 



C. S. Wilson 



Believing that more attention should be given to the growing of bush 

 fruits and desiring to stimulate an interest in their development, the 



Fig. 247. — A patch of currants and gooseberries on the grounds of the Geneva 



Agricultural Experiment Station 



Department of Pomology undertook, some time ago, a survey of the in- 

 dustry in western New York. The work was begun in the summer of 



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