The Culture of the Currant and the Gooseberry 



1607 



Canada,* the Pearl averaged for five years at the rate of three hundred 

 and ten bushels per acre. 



The survey in western New York comprised six small plantations 

 including 2.16 acres in all. The following table shows the average income 

 and price per quart on this small area: 



These growers, who have tried the gooseberry on a small scale, believe 

 it would be profitable if grown on a larger scale. 



The fruit is sold to the canning factories or sent to the local market. 

 The former is a satisfactory method of disposing of the crop, which is 

 usually contracted for before ripening, or even, as is sometimes the case, 

 before the plantation is set. In case the fruit is sent to the open market, 

 it is usually packed in eight-pound grape baskets and handled by com- 

 mission men. 



THE CORNELL READING-COURSE FOR THE FARM 



This course provides information on elementary agricultural subjects 

 and on important farm and general rural problems, and is designed to 

 meet the needs of persons who desire to study but are unable to leave 

 their work. The lessons are published monthly and are placed in series 

 dealing with various agricultural problems. Readers enroll for one or 

 more series and are supplied with the first lesson in each. Other available 

 lessons in the series are sent, one at a time, on the return of the discussion 

 papers described below. When all of the available lessons in any series 

 have been studied, the reader is placed on the mailing list to receive the 

 future Reading-Course lessons added to the series in which he is registered. 

 References for advanced study are supplied on request and correspondence 

 is invited. Requests for specific infonnation on agricultural problems are 

 referred to members of the college staff for personal reply. 



A supplement containing questions (for this reason called a discussion 

 paper) is inclosed with each Reading-Course lesson to help the reader 

 obtain the most benefit from the lesson and also to give an opportunity 

 for an expression of his opinion. Questions are asked in order to bring 



* " Bush Fruits," by W. T. Macoun. Bulletin 56, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Canada, 

 p. 22. 



