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Kow walk from one end of the row to the other, stepping three 

 feet, and plant with a spade at each footmark. If the land is not 

 manured broadcast, then plow out the furrows deep, and manure 

 iu furrow before planting. At this distance 2,400 plants will 

 be required for an acre. 



For the first year a row of cabbage, dwarf peas, or beans may 

 be grown between the rows. The after culture will be the 

 supplying of large quantities of manure, mulching around the 

 bushes, cutting out wood that is too old, and that destroyed by 

 borers, but always keeping four or five stems to each plant, keep- 

 ing the ground mellow by horse work, and such weeds and grass 

 that spring up close to the bushes pulled by hand. 



The varieties which have given the best general satisfaction 

 are the Eed Dutch, White Grape and Black Naples. Probably 

 one or two other varieties of English origin, and also one or two 

 of the seedlings of our local growers, may be better than those 

 above named, but they should have a more extended trial before 

 being recommended for general cultivation. 



The currant worm is the larva of a yellow, partly brown-winged 

 moth, which lays its eggs on the leaves of the currant. These 

 worms are very destructive to the foliage of the bushes, and will 

 in a few days, if not attended to, rob them of their entire foliage. 

 The remedy is powdered white hellebore dusted on. A weak 

 solution of Paris green will kill them very quickly, but it is too 

 dangerous to use on fruiting bushes. 



The borer is a common enemy to all plantations of currants. 

 The stems containing a borer can generally be told by being of a 

 darker color and having a withered look. The remedy is to cut 

 out all such wood and burn it. 



Assuming an average crop of fruit to be two pounds to the 

 bush, with 2,400 bushes to the acre, we have: 



Vahie of 4,800 pounds, at 7j cents 



Cost of picking, at 2 cents per pound $96 



Baskets, twenty dozen, at$l 20 $116 



$244 



Leaving us $244 per acre for cost of plants, manure, culture, 

 mulching, pruning, and marketing. Not having the necessary 

 data at hand for making a reliable statement as to the cost of the 

 above items, I will leave it open. 



In closing, I wish to call your attention to the fact that although 

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