THE GOOSEBERRY HOUSE. 59 
house, so that there is never the danger of suffocating 
the trees, which is often the case with closed walls of 
boards or bricks. The outside air passes through these 
hedge walls in a gradual manner, just enough to meet 
the demand inside so as to prevent this class of tree 
from being drawn too much, yet at the same time 
affording sufficient break and shelter to maintain a 
temperature much beyond any that can be commanded 
without glass. Hence it will be found that Gooseberries 
can be forced and be ready for use several weeks sooner 
than they would be without glass, and if they are not 
much in demand before Whitsuntide, they will by that 
time be as large again as those in the earliest gardens, 
and of course command a better price if they are grown 
for sale. 
The trees should consist of the early sorts, such as 
Green Walnut, Jolly Angler, Pitmaston Greengage, 
&e.; and should be clean-stemmed three-year-old 
plants ; but in no case should anyone buy plants with 
suckers or spray about the roots or on the stem, for 
these will be a continual source of annoyance. Goose- 
berries must at all times, and under all circumstances, 
be kept free from suckers about the roots, and it should 
be remembered that it is useless merely to cut them 
off when they appear, for cutting suckers off close to 
the ground, or even under the surface, is quite useless. 
The only way to eradicate them entirely is to take the 
plant up, and then with the knife cut the suckers clean 
out from the base, leaving no bud to reproduce them. 
This should be done whenever they appear. 
The trees should be three feet apart, and they may be 
planted as early as September, but not later than the 
middle of October; then a crop of fruit may be had 
